Countless English protagonists have for decades been making their way to grand country estates where their lives are irrevocably changed. 91裸聊视频淏rideshead Revisited.91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频淭he Go-Between.91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频淩emains of the Day.91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频淩ebecca.91裸聊视频�

These are some of the books that Emerald Fennell grew up devouring. And when the dust had settled on her incendiary Oscar-winning directorial debut, Fennell, too, wanted to make her way to a fictional stately manor.

91裸聊视频淚 really wanted to make a movie that was a take on the classic English gothic story,91裸聊视频� Fennell says. 91裸聊视频淚t felt like an incredibly well-worn and therefore intriguing genre to start looking at and applying pressure to.91裸聊视频�

In which opens in theaters Nov. 24, Fennell applies her particular and potent brand of pressure to the one of the longest standing British genres. And given of her provocative debut, it91裸聊视频檚 safe to say that things get quite a bit bumpier at Saltburn than they ever did at Downton Abbey.

Fennell has already been a memorable part of one conversation-starting film this year. That was her as Midge, the pregnant doll, in (Fennell, alas, said she couldn91裸聊视频檛 comment on her role in 91裸聊视频淏arbie91裸聊视频� due to the .)

Like that film, 91裸聊视频沦补濒迟产耻谤苍,91裸聊视频� which Fennell wrote and directs, includes Margot Robbie as a producer. It stars Barry Keoghan as Oliver Quick, an Oxford University freshman on a scholarship who91裸聊视频檚 drawn to a dashing, aristocratic classmate named Felix Catton (Jacob Elordi). Their relationship has strong echoes of 91裸聊视频淭he Talented Mr. Ripley91裸聊视频� to it.

In the summer of 2006, Felix invites Oliver to his family91裸聊视频檚 estate where he fits in sometimes awkwardly and sometimes smoothly but increasingly eerily with the extravagant flow of life. Things get steamy, weird and dark as Fennell toys with class as she did with gender in 91裸聊视频淧romising Young Woman.91裸聊视频�

Several in the cast give standout performances 91裸聊视频� especially Rosamund Pike, who plays Felix91裸聊视频檚 mother. But it91裸聊视频檚 also a rare leading performance for Keoghan, himself coming off Already some of his scenes 91裸聊视频� one involving some leftover bathtub water, one a fresh grave 91裸聊视频� have added to the early buzz around 91裸聊视频淪altburn.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淚 saw Barry in 91裸聊视频楰illing of a Sacred Deer91裸聊视频� and I just couldn91裸聊视频檛 believe it,91裸聊视频� Fennell said in a recent interview from London. 91裸聊视频淭hat performance was so amazing. It91裸聊视频檚 a kind of once-in-a-lifetime arresting performance. I just thought immediately: Who is that?91裸聊视频�

The opportunities were many for Fennell after the success of 91裸聊视频淧romising Young Woman.91裸聊视频� The film, a blackly comic feminist revenge thriller starring Carey Mulligan, was one of the most talked about movies of 2020. In that first pandemic year, it went on to be nominated for five Oscars including best picture and best director. Fennell won for her script.

91裸聊视频淣one of us had anticipated how amazing the response would be,91裸聊视频� Fennell says. 91裸聊视频淏ecause of COVID, I was in a bubble with my young family. So it maybe didn91裸聊视频檛 feel as surreal as it might. I mean, everything was surreal, so it kind of felt like another surreal thing.91裸聊视频�

Once the pandemic subsided, Fennell91裸聊视频檚 focus turned to 91裸聊视频沦补濒迟产耻谤苍,91裸聊视频� a film that seemingly could have pulled from her own experiences. Fennell, who attended the elite boarding school Marlborough College and studied at Oxford, is the daughter of jewelry designer and socialite Theo Fennell and author Louise Fennell.

Fennell, though, is reluctant to draw any connections between the high society of her youth and 91裸聊视频淪altburn.91裸聊视频� Yes, the 37-year-old grants, she attended Oxford around the same time as the characters in the film.

91裸聊视频淏ut I91裸聊视频檓 afraid the similarities end there,91裸聊视频� she says. 91裸聊视频淚t definitely wasn91裸聊视频檛 quite as sexy.91裸聊视频�

Did she consider herself an outsider like Oliver or more of an insider like Felix?

91裸聊视频淚 was kind of like Oliver, mostly outside of it but occasionally having seen it as well,91裸聊视频� Fennell says. 91裸聊视频淭he fascinating thing about these sorts of systems in general, both in America and in England, is that nobody ever really knows whether they91裸聊视频檙e in or out.91裸聊视频�

To her, 91裸聊视频淪altburn91裸聊视频� is more about those anxious undercurrents among family, friends and hangers-on, each playing by unspoken codes of money, class and privilege.

91裸聊视频淭here was a world where 91裸聊视频楽altburn91裸聊视频� might have been set in the Hamptons,91裸聊视频� Fennell says. 91裸聊视频淚f you91裸聊视频檙e allowed in these places, it91裸聊视频檚 never a one-way ticket. Honestly, it could be set anywhere. It could be set in Los Angeles and the court, rather than being a stately home, is a compound of an incredibly famous actor and actress. It all works the same way. It91裸聊视频檚 power. Who wants it and who91裸聊视频檚 got it.91裸聊视频�

Fennell, who was the showrunner and an executive producer for the second season of 91裸聊视频淜illing Eve,91裸聊视频� often used the phrase 91裸聊视频減oison popcorn movie91裸聊视频� to describe 91裸聊视频淧romising Young Woman91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频� an entertainment laced with more disturbing issues to contemplate.

She remains committed to eliciting that kind of dual response 91裸聊视频� something that people are eager to watch and just as eager debate after on their way home. Her current favorite film, which she says she91裸聊视频檚 seen 20 times, is 91裸聊视频淚 think it91裸聊视频檚 truly the greatest film of the last 10 years and I91裸聊视频檓 obsessed with it,91裸聊视频� Fennell says.

It would be giving too much away to describe how 91裸聊视频淪altburn91裸聊视频� unspools. But to Fennell, it91裸聊视频檚 ultimately about the deep longing and ambition of Oliver, a young man yearning to live. It91裸聊视频檚 a love story, she says.

91裸聊视频淭his movie feels to me like the closest thing to wanting something,91裸聊视频� says Fennell. 91裸聊视频淭here91裸聊视频檚 a particular type of need and want that you feel at a certain point in your life when it91裸聊视频檚 the first time you felt it, whether it91裸聊视频檚 about a person or a place. The intensity of the desire to make yourself. That, to me, is what the film is about.91裸聊视频�