The first images from the upcoming film Saltburn were released recently. The film is set to open the 67th BFI London Film Festival.
Directed by Emerald Fennell, the film which hails from Amazon Studios will hit the theatres in New York and Los Angeles on November 24 and will expand wide on December 1. Saltburn stars an ensemble cast, including Rosamund Pike, Barry Keoghan, Jacob Elordi, Richard E. Grant, Alison Oliver and Archie Madekwe, among others.
The film is set against the backdrop of mid-2000s and was shot across the locations of UK. According to BFI, the synopsis reads, “The story sees student Oliver Quick (Barry Keoghan) struggling to find his place at Oxford University and finding himself drawn into the world of the charming and aristocratic Felix Catton (Jacob Elordi), who invites him to Saltburn, his eccentric family’s sprawling estate, for a summer never to be forgotten.”
Saltburn marks Fennell's sophomore directorial after the Oscar-winning 2020 film, Promising Young Woman, which was nominated for a few categories at the 93rd Academy Awards, including Best Director, Best Picture, Best Actress, and Best Film Editing. Fennell went on to win Best Original Screenplay.
Fennell also served as the scriptwriter of Saltburn.
