The debut feature of theatre director William Oldroyd, this adaptation of Nikolai Leskov novella’s ‘Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk’ tells of a 19th century young bride who is sold into marriage to a middle-aged man.
Rural England, 1865. Katherine (Florence Pugh) is stifled by her loveless marriage to a bitter man twice her age, and his cold, unforgiving family. When she embarks on a passionate affair with a young worker on her husband’s estate, a force is unleashed inside her so powerful that she will stop at nothing to get what she wants.
Irish release – April 28, 2017.