A woman's friendship with a new co-worker at the prison facility where she works takes a sinister turn.A woman's friendship with a new co-worker at the prison facility where she works takes a sinister turn.A woman's friendship with a new co-worker at the prison facility where she works takes a sinister turn.
- Awards
- 1 win & 6 nominations
Gavin K. Barfield
- Mary
- (as Gavin Barfield)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAlthough it resembles the look of film stock, the movie was shot with ARRI ALEXA Mini digital cameras with a special Angénieux 25-250 HR zoom lens. According to cinematographer Ari Wegner, shooting on film was considered but the limited budget didn't allow for it.
- Quotes
Jim Dunlop: Some people, they are the real people. Like in a movie, they're the ones you're watching, they're the ones making moves. And the other people, they're just there filling the space. And you take'em for granted. You think, they're easy. Take a penny, leave a penny. That's you, Eileen.
- Soundtracks(You Don't Know) How Glad I Am
Written by Jimmy T. Williams and Larry Harrison
Performed by Nancy Wilson
Courtesy of Capitol Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Featured review
Femmes Fatale
Eileen: A Noir film with not just one but possibly two Femmes Fatale (depending on how you look at it). This movie strides through the genres: from lesbian romance akin to Carol to Classic Noir to Horror, even a touch of Hitchcock with a soupcon of Black Comedy. Massachusetts, early 1960s Eileen (Thomasin McKenzie) is a young secretary in a juvenile prison, she's lonely, dreams of love with one of the young guards, is fascinated by an inmate Lee Polk who killed his father, the Polk family are central to the unfolding of the narrative. Eileen looks after her alcoholic ex-cop father, he's verbally abusive but some of this might be designed to drive hr away to her away, to find a life of her own. A new prison Psychologist, Rebecca (Anne Hathaway) arrives and sweeps Eileen off her feet, takes her drinking and dancing, then involves her on a strange and dangerous situation. There is a plot twist at this point that cannot be revealed here without giving too much of the storey line away. The Classic Noir tinged with Horror takes over at this point, Eileen reveals her own hidden depths of depravity. Matching or even outclassing Rebecca. Her fantasy life has always been quite violent and some of this may have have bled through to influence her real life actions. Great performances from McKenzie. Hathaway and Marin Ireland as Rita Polk, Lee's mother. Directed by William Oldroyd with a screenplay by by Ottessa Moshfegh and Luke Goebel. 8/10.
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Айлин
- Filming locations
- South Amboy, New Jersey, USA(Lagoda's is a classic old-town longshoreman bar)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $16,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,435,007
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $93,290
- Dec 3, 2023
- Gross worldwide
- $1,560,142
- Runtime1 hour 37 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1
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