While many action films before have featured strong leading women, director Vicky Jewson takes on the genre through a darkly comedic, emotionally wrought female lens in Pretty Lethal, which premiered tonight at SXSW.
In the Kate Freund-penned film, five young ballerinas and their coach head to a showcase in Budapest, only to get stranded in a remote area hundreds of miles from the city when their bus breaks down.
Taking refuge at a nearby inn, the group is welcomed by the establishment’s owner Devora (Uma Thurman), a former ballerina herself who had to give up on her dreams when a leg injury abruptly halted her career at a young age.
When one of their own is killed by Pasha (Tamás Szabó Sipos), the dancers must overcome their differences and work together to get out alive.
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