A pious nurse becomes dangerously obsessed with saving the soul of her dying patient.A pious nurse becomes dangerously obsessed with saving the soul of her dying patient.A pious nurse becomes dangerously obsessed with saving the soul of her dying patient.
- Nominated for 2 BAFTA Awards
- 11 wins & 33 nominations total
Sona Vyas
- Agency Worker
- (as Sona Vyas Dunne)
Antony Barlow
- Passerby
- (uncredited)
- …
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaMaud's eyes are two different colors: one blue/green and one brown. However, the actress Morfydd Clark has only blue eyes.
- Crazy creditsThe cockroach is credited as Nancy and is presumably named after Nancy Spungen. "Bug Wrangler," Grace Dickinson had another one called Sid.
- SoundtracksCareless
Performed by Al Bowlly
Written by Lew Quadling, Dick Jurgens and Eddy Howard
Bourne Co. (ASCAP)
All Rights Administered by Warner Chappell Music Ltd
Licensed Courtesy of Warner Music UK
Featured review
Her little saviour.
There are essentially two ways to read 'Saint Maud (2019)', though its final half-second pretty much tells you exactly which reading is preferred - intended, even - by its writer/director, and it constantly keeps you flittering back and forth between these readings until its final few frames (literally). A film focusing on a deeply religious character is always going to be controversial, even if it doesn't depict her doing fanatical and dangerous things, but I don't think that the picture is condemning religion itself. In fact, I don't think it's 'about' religion at all. Instead, it's about loneliness. Maud is a deeply flawed protagonist, spiralling further and further into her own personal delusions as she exhibits increasingly harmful behaviour. However, it's typically easy to empathise with her, without condoning her actions. The movie starts off more or less as a straight drama, seeing our lead take on a new position as an at-home nurse for an ex-dancer with late-stage leukaemia. There are levels of enigmatic dread running through this segment of the film, mainly thanks to the director's willingness to slow things down and gnaw away at the audience, but things don't really slip into proper horror territory until around halfway through. Even then, the horror is mostly subtle. There are some elements of wince-inducing body-horror but most of the scary stuff is psychological. It becomes increasingly clear just how entrenched we are within Maud's perspective, as we begin to get glimpses of the way she sees the world, and it's never clear what's actually 'real'. This keeps you on your toes until the thing reaches its somewhat surprising yet simultaneously inevitable conclusion. For the most part, the affair walks the line between supernatural and psychological with poise. There are only a couple of moments in which it wobbles, with one sequence in particular feeling as though it crosses that line a little, but they aren't all that bothersome once you've cemented your final reading of the narrative (which, again, will either be confirmed or entirely upended by the last half-second). It's a really interesting, engaging and effective experience overall. It's also achingly well-made, with some phenomenal cinematography and brilliantly low-key performances. It's distinct, it's disturbing and it sticks with you. 8/10.
helpful•207
- Pjtaylor-96-138044
- Jul 3, 2021
Every A24 Horror Movie, Ranked by IMDb Rating
Every A24 Horror Movie, Ranked by IMDb Rating
A24 has produced some of the most memorable horror films of the 21st century. See which films ranked highest on IMDb.
- How long is Saint Maud?Powered by Alexa
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official sites
- Languages
- Also known as
- Свята Мод
- Filming locations
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Gross worldwide
- $1,383,868
- Runtime1 hour 24 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content