Shirley
2020 · Movie · 107 min. · United States
As renowned for her morose nature as she is for her horror fiction, writer Shirley Jackson is crafting yet another masterpiece when the arrival of newlyweds Fred and Rose disrupt her creative process and marriage to literary critic and professor Stanley Hyman. As Stanley spars to maintain academic dominance over his would-be protégé Fred, Rose attempts to dampen her own ambitions and adjust to married life while living under the roof of their fiery intellectual hosts with quicksilver loyalties and myriad neuroses. When the motives of Shirley's literary muse prove elusive, Rose's curiosity and trusting nature make her tender prey for a brilliant author whose only allegiance is to her work.
Direction Josephine Decker
Cast Elisabeth Moss · Odessa Young · Logan Lerman · Michael Stuhlbarg · Victoria Pedretti · Robert Wuhl · Paul O'Brien · Orlagh Cassidy · Bisserat Tseggai · Allen McCullough · Tony Manna · Edward O'Blenis Jr.
Soundtrack Tamar-Kali Brown
Screenplay Sarah Gubbins · Susan Scarf Merrell
Cinematography Sturla Brandth Grøvlen
Original title Shirley
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910 votes (FilmAffinity)
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