VICTORIAN PSYCHO
By Zachary Wigon
Synopsis
The story takes us to 1858. Winifred Notty (Maika Monroe), an apparently perfect governess, but with unsettling manners, arrives at Ensor House mansion. Her mission is to educate and care for the family's two children. But she begins to become obsessed with being part of the family. Beneath a docile and agreeable façade lie disturbing and violent ideas and behaviors. Her true personality emerges and transforms the everyday into deeply distressing scenes and moments. After all, life is not always a fairy tale.
Winifred stands as a modern gothic antiheroine, capable of captivating the viewer with her obsessive thoughts. The film builds a psychological portrait as strange as it is fascinating, playing with irony, discomfort and the elegance of the period.