In a fairy-tale kingdom where beauty is a brutal business, Elvira battles to compete with her incredibly beautiful stepsister, and she will go to any length to catch the prince’s eye.
Practical Effects
Grotesque body transformation effects that Cronenberg would envy
Production
Sickly pastel kingdom designed like a rotting candy house
Acting
Lea Myren's desperate, feral commitment to self-destruction
Director
Emilie Blichfeldt
Lea Myren
Elvira
Ane Dahl Torp
Rebekka
Thea Sofie Loch Næss
Agnes
Flo Fagerli
Alma
Isac Calmroth
Prince Julian
Malte Gårdinger
Isak
Ralph Carlsson
Otto
Cecilia Forss
Sophie von Kronenberg
Katarzyna Herman
Madam Vanja
Adam Lundgren
Dr. Esthétique
Willy Ramnek Petri
Frederik von Bluckfish
Kyrre Hellum
Jan
Isac Aspberg
Finsmakeren
Albin Weidenbladh
Alteteren
Oksana Czerkasyna
Kokk
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Emilie Blichfeldt spent years developing this as her feature debut, inspired by her own childhood fixation with Cinderella's 'ugly' stepsisters and wondering what made them so desperate.
The film deliberately mirrors Norwegian social pressure around appearance and 'dugnad' community conformity, twisting collective belonging into competitive self-harm.
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