Nicolas Refn's 'Her Private Hell' Gets 7-Minute Cannes Ovation
Variety • • entertainment
Key Points:
- Nicolas Winding Refn returned to Cannes with his new film “Her Private Hell,” starring Sophie Thatcher and Charles Melton, continuing his trend of polarizing audiences at the festival.
- The director revealed a deeply personal story about surviving a 25-minute death and emphasized his renewed commitment to living life fully and championing cinema as a collective human experience.
- “Her Private Hell” is a neon-lit thriller featuring a tortured movie star and a mysterious killer known as The Leather Man, supported by a notable cast including Havana Rose Liu and Dougray Scott, and produced by Neon.
- Although the film premiered out of competition and is not eligible for awards, it adds to Neon’s strong Cannes presence, which includes recent Palme d’Or winners like “Parasite.”
- This marks Refn’s first feature film in a decade since “The Neon Demon,” with the filmmaker having focused on television projects in the interim; “Her Private Hell” will open in U.S. theaters on July 24.