Given the seismic impact of the #MeToo movement on the worldwide film industry, it was only a matter of time before the issue formed the basis of a movie.
Emerald Fennell’s Promising Young Woman stars Carey Mulligan as Cassie, a young college dropout whose life has been scarred by a mysterious trauma that claimed the life of her best friend, Nina.
Cassie’s unusual means of seeking revenge takes her to bars and clubs, where she poses as an incapacitated drunk—then turns the tables on the predatory men who try to take advantage of her.Although it is certainly timely in its confrontation of sexual harassment, the film’s double Oscar-nominated director Fennell said during Focus Features’ panel at Deadline’s Contenders Film: The Nominees virtual
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