THE UGLY STEPSISTER (norwegische OmeU) // Fantasy Filmfest Nights

In the organizer's words:

THE UGLY STEPSISTER

Toes are chopped off, a nose is maltreated with a hammer and chisel, a corpse rots away and an extremely greedy tapeworm is also involved. In some moments, this fairytale adaptation is so disgusting, brutal and almost unbearable in its authenticity that even some of the most hardened body horror fans would probably prefer to turn away. THE UGLY STEPSISTER is a remake of the Grimms' fairy tale "Cinderella" - albeit from the perspective of one of the title character's "ugly stepsisters", who we all seem to have thoroughly misunderstood. The plot, set in the 19th century, sticks closely to the original text, which is not very squeamish and which probably hardly anyone still knows. With its deep black humor and biting criticism of our society's beauty standards, the work is much closer to THE SUBSTANCE than to CINDERELLA.

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Toes are chopped off, a nose is maltreated with a hammer and chisel, a corpse is rotting and there is also an extremely greedy tapeworm. THE UGLY STEPSISTER is a remake of the Grimms' fairy tale "Cinderella" - but from a so far neglected perspective: the heroine is one of the badly misunderstood "ugly stepsisters". This biting satire of society's beauty norms is nasty and brutal.

Film: The Ugly Stepsister (Norway, Poland, Sweden, Denmark 2025)
Director: Emilie Blichfeldt
Starring: Lea Myren, Thea Sofie Loch Næss, Ane Dahl Torp, Flo Fagerli
Screenplay: Emilie Blichfeldt
Duration: 110 min
Language version: Norwegian OmeU

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