

In a fairy-tale kingdom where beauty is a brutal business, Elvira battles to compete with her incredibly beautiful stepsister, and she will go to any length to catch the prince’s eye.
Practical Effects
Grotesque body transformation effects that Cronenberg would envy
Production
Sickly pastel kingdom designed like a rotting candy house
Acting
Lea Myren's desperate, feral commitment to self-destruction

Director
Emilie Blichfeldt
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Emilie Blichfeldt spent years developing this as her feature debut, inspired by her own childhood fixation with Cinderella's 'ugly' stepsisters and wondering what made them so desperate.
The film deliberately mirrors Norwegian social pressure around appearance and 'dugnad' community conformity, twisting collective belonging into competitive self-harm.
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