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Based on the debut novel from PEN award winner Ottessa Moshfegh, Eileen is directed by William Oldroyd (Lady Macbeth) and stars Anne Hathaway (Armageddon Time) alongside Thomasin McKenzie (Last Night in Soho).
A period piece set in 1950s Boston, it charts the daily grind of Eileen Dunlop (McKenzie), who lives with her alcoholic father (Shea Wigham), works in a local prison, and breaks the monotony by disappearing into carnal daydreams. Trapped by circumstance and lack of ambition, Eileen gets a jump start when the prison brings in Hathaway’s female psychiatrist Rebecca St. John.
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