Rose Glass’ “Love Lies Bleeding,” produced by A24, now has a trailer, and it’s bloody chaotic. The film has its world premiere at Sundance next month and will then be released theatrically on March 8, 2024
“Love Lies Bleeding” was test-screened this past March.” The film, co-written by Glass and Weronika Tofilska, was shot in the summer of 2022 and had been tipped, by some, for a Cannes sidebar appearance. That didn’t materialize.
Here’s the test reaction I gathered back in March:
“Test screened in NYC tonight. Audience was having visceral reactions to the gore, blood and puking throughout. Has a strange ending that will make this a love it or hate it type movie. “Pain & Gain” for indie lesbians. Ed Harris is great and Katy O’Brian as well. I wasn’t fully on-board all the creative choices, it’s kind of a mess, and I loved “Saint Maud”!”
“Love Lies Bleeding” tells the story of an aspiring bisexual bodybuilder in the late 1980s who moves to a small rural Nevada town from Oklahoma and falls in love with Kristen Stewart’s character who works at the local gym. In a twist of fate, K-Stew’s character is also her new boss’ daughter who introduces her to the world of steroids, and also gets mixed up with the family’s shady business.
The film stars Katy O’Brian, Kristen Stewart, Ed Harris and Dave Franco and is being described as “a romantic thriller set in the bodybuilding world.” There’s romance, ego, desire and the American Dream.
Glass’ 2019 debut, “Saint Maud,” premiered at TIFF, where it gathered positive reviews and put her on the map as a filmmaker to watch. A24 produced that one as well, but it didn’t necessarily make as big of a splash Stateside as it did in Glass’ UK home turf.