Eternal Beauty is a 2019 British dark comedy film written and directed by Craig Roberts. It stars Sally Hawkins, David Thewlis, Billie Piper, Penelope Wilton, Alice Lowe and Robert Aramayo.
It had its world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival on 8 October 2019. It was released in the United Kingdom on 2 October 2020, by Bulldog Film Distribution.
Plot
A young woman's life descends into mental illness after being left at the altar due to her fiancé running off with a man.
Cast
Production
In December 2017, it was announced
Sally Hawkins had been cast in the film, with
Craig Roberts directing from a screenplay he wrote. Cliff Edge Pictures will produce the film.
In February 2018,
Alice Lowe and
David Thewlis joined the cast of the film.
In June 2018,
Billie Piper and
Penelope Wilton joined the cast of the film.
That same month,
Robert Pugh, Paul Hilton and
Morfydd Clark joined the cast.
In July 2018,
Robert Aramayo joined the cast.
Principal photography began in June 2018 in Wales.
Release
It had its world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival on 8 October 2019.
In May 2019, Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions acquired distribution rights to the film outside the U.S., Canada, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the U.K., Ireland, China, Japan, South Korea and the Middle East.
In July 2020, Samuel Goldwyn Films acquired U.S. distribution rights to the film.
It was released in the United Kingdom on 2 October 2020
and in the United States.
Reception
The film received positive reviews from of critics on
Rotten Tomatoes, with an average rating of . The site's critical consensus reads, "
Eternal Beauty deals unevenly yet honorably with complicated themes, elevated by strong work from the ever-reliable Sally Hawkins and David Thewlis."
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