The Patron

A sleek, uneasy night-time glide through borrowed glamour, where charm curdles into dread and every admiring glance feels like a warning.

Directed by

Julia Thelin

Genres

Drama, Thriller

Starring

Carla Sehn, Maxwell Cunningham, Lucas Lynggaard Tønnesen

Tagline

Identity theft can be highly addictive.

Overview

The cleaner moves like a nameless shadow on the fringes of cultural capital. When one of her employers — a wealthy art benefactor — leaves town, the door to another life suddenly opens, allowing her to step forward as someone more intriguing, someone whose name is met with admiration and respect. Two young art students are quick to be charmed by the power player she pretends to be, and together they embark on a tantalizing dance through the night, where the boundaries between art and exploitation blur and the truth waits just around the corner.

How it feels

Tense, eerie, dark and melancholic. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Identity, class, obsession, deception

Content

Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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