Seven Veils

Seven Veils

NR 2025 · 107 min · ★ 5.5 · Drama

Jeanine, an earnest theatre director, has been given the task of remounting her former mentor’s most famous work, the opera Salome. Haunted by dark and disturbing memories from her past, she allows her repressed trauma to color the present as she re-enters the opera world after so many years away.

Directed by Atom Egoyan · Written by Atom Egoyan

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