PREVIEW: Umma (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Sandra Oh (Sideways), Fivel Stewart (The Haunting of Sharon Tate), Dermot Mulroney (My Best Friend’s Wedding), Odeya Rush (Lady Bird), MeeWha Alana Lee (Equal Standard), Tom Yi (Plus One)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Iris K. Shim (The House of Suh), director, writer; Zainab Azizi (film debut) and Sam Raimi (Don’t Breathe), producers; Roque Baños (In the Heart of the Sea), composer; Matt Flannery (The Raid), cinematographer; Louis Cioffi (Death Note), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Amanda (Oh) lives peacefully on an American farm with her daughter living (Stewart). However, when the remains of Amanda’s estranged mother arrive from Korea, she finds herself haunted by the idea of turning into her “umma”…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Killing Eve’s Sandra Oh delivers a magnetic and haunting performance in this psychological horror that is fortunate to have genre legend Sam Raimi listed as one of its producers.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 25TH MARCH 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE

 

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