Wasting, The2017

Director
Carolyn Saunders

Acters

Alexz Johnson (Grace)
Shelagh McLeod (Valerie)
Lauren McQueen (Sophie)
Gray O'Brien (Ilyas)
Brendan Flynn (Kai)
Anna Treasure (Virginia)

A teenager in an idyllic English town struggles to come of age, but her parents won’t let her grow up.
Sophie is a teenager in an idyllic English town struggling to come of age, braving her first love and her sexual awakening. She has a secret boyfriend, a badass best girlfriend, and controlling parents who won’t let her grow up, so she fights back with the only weapon she has – she stops eating….Until a nightmarish ghost appears that may be real, or may be a deadly creation of her starving body.
„’The Wasting’ isn’t your typical horror film… Yes there’s a hauntingly ghoulish subplot in there that’s reminiscent of a Gaskell or Poe story, but the film also tackles the all too prevalent acceptance of toxic masculinity and anorexia in a refreshingly original way.“ – BriefTake
„A fascinating premise, beautifully done, with far more depth than your average horror. First time director Carolyn Saunders has crafted a thoughtful, complex film that is more of a horror in the way that ’The Others’ or ’Sixth Sense’ or ’Babadook’ is: It’s a human story wrapped in a ghost story. The characters are well drawn and realistic, strongly portrayed by the young, highly watchable cast… I must also mention the stunning cinematography…“ – Edmovieguide.com
„A visual feast that tingles the spine and bends the mind.“ – FoxTV