A college professor finds herself at a personal and professional crossroads when a star pupil levels an accusation against one of her colleagues and a dark secret from her own past threatens to come to light.
The fearless Italian film-maker Luca Guadagnino (‘Call Me By Your Name’, ‘Challengers’) stampedes through the culture wars in this extraordinary tale of tested loyalties and difficult truths on the Yale University campus of the 2020s. A gripping psychological drama about literature professor Alma Imhoff (Julia Roberts), a woman who has spent decades battling systemic misogyny and is on the cusp of gaining a career-topping tenureship. One night, however, after a boozy college soiree, the model student Maggie (Ayo Edebiri) accuses Alma’s best friend, philosophy professor Hank (Andrew Garfield), of sexual assault. The performances throughout are immense, skilfully portraying the tension of the situation, but this could well be Roberts’ performance of her career and will almost certainly be rewarded with an Oscar nomination.
USA 2025 Luca Guadagnino 139m
