, the horror-tinged debut feature of the English writer-director Rose Glass, isn’t really named Maud. A young nurse working as a home hospice aide, she has rechristened herself after a traumatic experience with a patient sparked her conversion to Christianity. As to whether Kate-turned-Maud really is a saint—or for that matter, a heroine—opinions may differ right up to this psychological thriller’s last gooseflesh-raising shot.
The same goes for Maud’s patient Amanda Köhl , a celebrated modern dancer and choreographer in the late stages of lymphoma. Amanda doesn’t get as much screen time as Maud—there’s not much to spare in this 84-minute gem of a movie. But she’s every bit as complex a character, dry-humored to the point of nihilism one minute, needy and vulnerable the next.
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