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“A wild indie throwback that skillfully straddles the line between serious giallo homage and outlandish topical joke. Delivers a strange blend of sincerity and silliness that marks Nekrasova as a talented filmmaker to watch.”
– Nick Schager, The Daily Beast
“A brash, gutsy, morbidly funny first feature.”
– Guy Lodge, Variety
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“Thrilling and Unforgettable. This hallucinatory pastiche is even more than the sum of its cinematically riveting parts. ”
– Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire
Synopsis
While out apartment hunting, college pals Noelle and Addie stumble upon the deal of a lifetime: a posh duplex on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. But soon after moving in, a more sinister picture of the apartment emerges when a mysterious woman arrives and claims the property used to belong to the infamous and recently-deceased Jeffrey Epstein.
With this news, Noelle becomes obsessed with the visitor—to the point of infatuation. As the pair plunge deeper into the conspiracies of the Epstein case, Addie falls into her own bizarre state: a pseudo-possession complete with inexplicable fits of age-regressed sexual mania. As they peel back on these strange occurrences, the truth reveals itself to be more twisted than they could have ever imagined. [tagsThe Scary of Sixty First, Dasha Nekrasova]
About the Director
Dasha Nekrasova is a Belarusian-American writer, actress, director and co-host of the popular cultural commentary podcast, “Red Scare.” Nekrasova made her feature acting debut in Wobble Palace (Eugene Kotlyarenko, 2018), which she co-wrote. She is currently starring in season three of “Succession” (HBO).
Director: Dasha Nekrasova
Writers: Dasha Nekrasova, Madeline Quinn
Starring: Betsey Brown, Madeline Quinn, Dasha Nekrasova, Mark Rapaport
Composer: Eli Keszler
Cinematographer: Hunter Zimny
Editor: Sophie Corra
Producers: Adam Mitchell, Mark Rapaport
Executive Producers: Richard Tannenbaum, Alex Hughes, Lenny Vigden, Charmaine Kowalski, David Peretz
Running Time: 81 mins
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