Cordelia

Cordelia

The fear will find you.

2019 · 89 min · ★ 5.1 · Drama, Thriller, Horror

Cordelia ia a troubled, damaged soul who is only just recovering after some unnamed trauma; she is an actor rehearsing a play and comes to stay in a creepy London mansion flat occupied by her twin sister Caroline and Caroline’s boyfriend Matt. When they leave her alone there Cordelia strikes up a friendship with Frank the charming, but strange and unreliable young man they can hear practising his cello in the upstairs flat – a relationship which quickly becomes very disturbing.

Directed by Adrian Shergold · Written by Antonia Campbell-Hughes

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Antonia Campbell-Hughes Cordelia / Caroline
Johnny Flynn Frank
Catherine McCormack Kate
Joel Fry Matt
Anna Danshina Natasha
Michael Gambon Mr. Moses
Drew Edwards Cab Driver (uncredited)

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