‘Greta’ Trailer: Chloë Grace Moretz Is Stalked By Isabelle Huppert In This Neil Jordan Thriller
Acts of good Samaritanism usually result in tears, hugs, and maybe a viral video. But inChloë Grace Moretz’s she’s rewarded with sinister friend played by the elegantIsabelle Huppertwho slowly becomes a sinister stalker. In theGretatrailer, Oscar-winning directorNeil Jordandirects a psychological thriller about a toxic friendship that dissolves into a life-threatening relationship.
Greta Trailer
Isabelle Huppert and Chloë Grace Moretz in a homoerotic thriller directed by the director ofThe Crying Game? Say no more.Neil Jordan’snew film is a promising suspense thriller that follows a naive young woman, Frances (Moretz) who stumbles upon a purse that left behind on a subway train. Upon returning the bag to its owner, the titular Greta (Huppert), she strikes up a friendship with the lonely, eccentric French piano teacher. But not all is as it seems: Frances discovers a whole stash of purses that Greta has been using to lure people into her home, and Frances is her latest victim.
Gretaplays likeSingle White Femalefor the modern age, except with more homoerotic overtones rather than the trashy psychosexual undertones of the latter. And I know that Moretz isn’t having a great time being terrorized and drugged by Huppert, but I would gladly take all of that from the phenomenal Oscar-nominated actress, and more. I mean, what?Gretaalso starsMaika Monroe, Colm Feore,andStephen Rea, and is written by Jordan andRay Wright.
Here is the official synopsis forGreta:
A sweet, naïve young woman trying to make it on her own in New York City, Frances (Chloë Grace Moretz) doesn’t think twice about returning the handbag she finds on the subway to its rightful owner. That owner is Greta (Isabelle Huppert), an eccentric French piano teacher with a love for classical music and an aching loneliness. Having recently lost her mother, Frances quickly grows closer to widowed Greta. The two become fast friends — but Greta’s maternal charms begin to dissolve and grow increasingly disturbing as Frances discovers that nothing in Greta’s life is what it seems in this suspense thriller from Academy Award®-winning director Neil Jordan.
