{"id":2102543,"date":"2025-10-19T21:57:24","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T21:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2102543"},"modified":"2025-10-19T21:57:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T21:57:24","slug":"emma-corrin-saves-the-day-in-a-margaret-atwood-and-arabian-nights-mashup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/emma-corrin-saves-the-day-in-a-margaret-atwood-and-arabian-nights-mashup\/","title":{"rendered":"Emma Corrin saves the day in a Margaret Atwood and Arabian Nights mashup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Imagine\u00a0<em>Arabian Nights<\/em>, filtered through a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/films\/2023\/12\/09\/sofia-coppola-interview-francis-ford-priscilla-presley\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Sofia-Coppola;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">Sofia-Coppola<\/a>-esque feminist sensibility, but spiced up with camp. That gets you some of the way into <em>100 Nights of Hero<\/em>, a British indie romp based on a graphic novel by Isabel Greenberg. It has saucy wit \u2013especially up to the hour mark.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The setting is a magical kingdom called Migal Bavel, where women are the victims of tradition: they have been forbidden for centuries from reading or writing. The predicament of Cherry (Maika Monroe), a nervy bride wedded to handsome prince Jerome (Amir El-Masry), is an obligation to bear him an heir as soon as possible, or she will be hanged by a low-fun religious order called the Beak Brothers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The only trouble\u00a0is that Jerome prefers \u201cmanly pursuits\u201d\u00a0to sharing her bed. He scarpers on a long trip, leaving Cherry in the dual care of her maid Hero (<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/theatre\/what-to-see\/crown-star-emma-corrin-dont-mind-get-pronouns-wrong-just-try\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Emma Corrin;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">Emma Corrin<\/a>) and his opportunistic friend Manfred (Nicholas Galitzine).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Come hither: Nicholas Galatzine and Maika Monroe &#8211; Matt Towers<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Even Manfred, with his come-hither eyes and perma-pout, wonders if this decision is entirely wise. Jerome has such an arrogant attitude to\u00a0his wife\u2019s\u00a0virginal loyalty that he places a wager:\u00a0if Manfred succeeds in popping Cherry\u2019s cherry\u00a0within the 100 nights that he\u2019s away, he can call dibs on all Jerome\u2019s riches, plus his castle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Writer-director Julia Jackman, pushing forward with her second feature after the gay romcom\u00a0Bonus Track, concentrates on the besieging of Cherry\u2019s emotions. Is she really the main character? The film dithers on that score, and Monroe does a line in jittery, alabaster distress that\u2019s a little tricky to engage with.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The surer-footed Galitzine is thoroughly typecast by now \u2013 if still funny \u2013 as a lubricious rake who\u2019ll try anything. He strides back to the castle shirtless, sweating and covered in blood, toting the head of a newly slaughtered stag. Cherry keeps having fits of the vapours from his sheer attractiveness, while Hero waits in the wings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Corrin, never more elfin or coolly controlled, holds the film together\u00a0\u2013\u00a0it\u2019s the best use of her in films since the Netflix\u00a0<em>Lady Chatterley <\/em>adaptation.\u00a0The sly, competitive Hero, who has Cherry\u2019s back, kills time by regaling her (and an utterly nonplussed Manfred) with folk tales about a trio of sisters persecuted for witchcraft. Blink and you\u2019ll nearly miss pop icon Charli XCX as the one who gets betrothed, before her husband (Tom Stourton) turns out to be a tyrant.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The zest of the whole thing sharply fades when the 100 days are up; the script\u2019s fusions of Margaret Atwood and Angela Carter get bald; and the Cherry-Hero love story has nowhere left to go. To the end, though, Jackman\u2019s film is brightly visualised, with particularly ace costumes by the designer Susie Coulthard \u2013 whose knack for making her small budget stretch is indispensable. This flight of fancy may land with a bump, but no one is lacking for sensational things to wear.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>Screening at the London Film Festival. In UK cinemas from January 2026<\/em><\/p>\n<hr class=\"my-4\"\/>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/customer\/subscribe\/01doysa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Broaden your horizons with award-winning British journalism. Try The Telegraph free for 1 month with unlimited access to our award-winning website, exclusive app, money-saving offers and more.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><b>Broaden your horizons with award-winning British journalism. Try The Telegraph free for 1 month with unlimited access to our award-winning website, exclusive app, money-saving offers and more.<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imagine\u00a0Arabian Nights, filtered through a Sofia-Coppola-esque feminist sensibility, but spiced up with camp. That gets you some of the way into 100 Nights of Hero, a British indie romp based on a graphic novel by Isabel Greenberg. It has saucy wit \u2013especially up to the hour mark. 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