Tilda Swinton to Star in David Lowery’s ‘Death in Her Hands’ From See-Saw Films
- Oscar-Winning actress Tilda Swinton will star as widow Vesta Gul in David Lowery’s film adaptation of Ottessa Moshfegh’s 2020 novel Death in Her Hands.
- Lowery, a devoted fan of Moshfegh, undertakes the adaptation despite describing it as a devious challenge that fans of the novel will understand.
- Produced by See-Saw Films, the story follows Vesta Gul, who finds a note in the woods claiming, “Her name was Magda,” and becomes obsessed with uncovering Magda’s fate.
- Producers Canning and Sherman praised Lowery as the best to bring the haunting novel to screen, calling Swinton “incomparable, magnetic, and endlessly compelling.”
- The project, currently securing financing at Cannes and involving Lowery’s longtime collaborators, suggests audiences will experience a striking, atmospheric thriller centered on Vesta’s psychological journey.
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Tilda Swinton to Breathe Life Into See-Saw’s ‘Death in Her Hands’ for Filmmaker David Lowery
In an adaptation of Ottessa Moshfegh’s cult novel, Swinton will play recently widowed Vesta whose life takes on a new focus as she grows obsessed with finding the truth about the fate of a mystery woman.
Tilda Swinton & Director David Lowery Set Whodunnit ‘Death In Her Hands’ At See-Saw Films
The Green Knight‘s David Lowery has set his next feature with Oscar winner Tilda Swinton, the anarchic whodunnit and otherworldly psychological thriller, Death in Her Hands based on American author Ottessa Moshfegh’s 2020 novel. Swinton plays a woman striving to take control of her own story in the new project from Oscar winning See-Saw Films. […]
Tilda Swinton and Director David Lowery Team Up for Whodunnit Thriller DEATH IN HER HANDS — GeekTyrant
Tilda Swinton and director David Lowery are joining forces for a new film that sounds eerie, cerebral, and totally unclassifiable. The movie is titled Death in Her Hands, and it’s based on Ottessa Moshfegh’s 2020 novel. It’s the latest project from See-Saw Films, the same outfit behind The Power of the Dog and The King’s Speech, and it tells a very unique whodunnit story.Swinton plays Vesta Gul, “a woman striving to take control of her own story…
See-Saw Films readies 'Death in Her Hands', starring Tilda Swinton - IF Magazine
See-Saw Films will produce “anarchic whodunnit” Death In Her Hands, directed by The Green Knight‘s David Lowery and starring Tilda Swinton. The feature film is based on the cult novel by Ottessa Moshfegh, and will see Swinton play Vesta Gul, a widow who comes across a chilling handwritten note when walking in the woods near her home. It reads: “Her name was Magda. Nobody will ever know who killed her. It wasn’t me. Here is her dead body.” Except…
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