Julia Jackman's 100 Nights of Hero will close the BFI London Film Festival at the Royal Festival Hall on Sunday, October 19. The film adapts Isabel Greenberg's graphic novel into a queer-coded spin on One Thousand and One Nights. The cast includes Emma Corrin, Maika Monroe, Nicholas Galitzine, Amir El-Masry, Charli XCX, Richard E. Grant and Felicity Jones. The plot follows Cherry and her maid Hero as they confront a seductive visitor after a secret bet tests fidelity. Expect folklore, medieval costumes and Charli XCX's early on-screen acting turn. The 69th festival runs October 8–19.
Julia Jackman's 100 Nights of Hero , a fresh twist on Middle Eastern folktales One Thousand and One Nights , will be bringing down the curtain on the London film fest (LFF) at the Royal Festival Hall on Sunday, October 19. Starring Emma Corrin, Nicholas Galitzine, Maika Monroe, Amir El-Masry, Charli XCX, Richard E Grant and Felicity Jones, and written and directed by one-time BFI new talent winner Jackman, the film is an adaptation of Isabel Greenberg's graphic novel - itself a queer-coded spin on The Arabian Nights .
The story follows Cherry (Monroe), whose husband leaves home in the wake of a secret bet to test her fidelity, and her maid Hero (Corrin) as they fend off a seductive visitor, Manfred (Galitzine). Expect folklore, medieval costumes and the first of a run of on-screen turns from Charli as she flexes her acting skills.
'The BFI London Film Festival has championed my work since my very early shorts, so bringing 100 Nights of Hero here is profoundly special,' says Jackman. 'To return as the closing night gala is an incredible honour, and we can't wait to share this film on our home turf with a London audience.'
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