Saint Maud

Saint Maud
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRose Glass
Written byRose Glass
Produced by
  • Andrea Cornwell
  • Oliver Kassman
Starring
CinematographyBen Fordesman
Edited byMark Towns
Music byAdam Janota Bzowski
Production
companies
Distributed byStudioCanal
Release dates
  • 8 September 2019 (2019-09-08) (TIFF)
  • 9 October 2020 (2020-10-09) (United Kingdom)
Running time
84 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2.5 million[1]
Box office$1.6 million[2][3]

Saint Maud is a 2019 British psychological horror film written and directed by Rose Glass in her feature directorial debut. The film stars Morfydd Clark as a religious private carer who becomes dangerously fixated with saving the soul of her patient. Jennifer Ehle, Lily Frazer, Lily Knight, Marcus Hutton, Turlough Convery and Rosie Sansom appear in supporting roles.

Saint Maud premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on 8 September 2019, and was released theatrically in the United Kingdom on 9 October 2020 by StudioCanal. It received critical acclaim, with particular praise for Glass' direction and screenplay, the performances of Clark and Ehle, and Fordesman's cinematography. At the 74th British Academy Film Awards, Glass was nominated for Outstanding British Film and Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer. The film earned a record seventeen nominations at the British Independent Film Awards 2020 and won two, Best Cinematography for Fordesman and the Douglas Hickox Award for Glass.[4][5]

  1. ^ "Rose Glass talks 'Love Lies Bleeding', casting Kristen Stewart and working with a much bigger budget".
  2. ^ "Saint Maud". The Numbers. Archived from the original on 26 November 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  3. ^ "Saint Maud". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 4 February 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  4. ^ Pulver, Andrew (9 December 2020). "Saint Maud leads British independent film award nominations". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 20 April 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  5. ^ Dalton, Ben (9 December 2020). "BIFAs 2020: 'Saint Maud' leads with record 17 nominations". Screen Daily. Archived from the original on 6 December 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2023.

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