‘The Bride’ Companion of Frankenstein
View(s):Return of Frankenstein and his yearning to get a soul mate as a cinematic venture, ‘The Bride’ is now being screened in cinemas.
Written and directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal, the film is was inspired from the 1935 film Bride of Frankenstein, which was based on Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel Frankenstein.
Had its world premiere at the Empire Leicester Square in London, on February 26 and released in the United States by Warner Bros. Pictures on March 6, the film stars Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale alongside Peter Sarsgaard, Annette Bening, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Penélope Cruz.
Set in 1930s Chicago, ‘The Bride’ unravels the story of groundbreaking scientist Dr. Euphronious who brings a murdered young woman back to life to be a companion for Frankenstein’s monster.
Speaking from the afterlife, Mary Shelley says she has a story she wanted to tell after Frankenstein, but could not due to her death. To tell it, she possesses Ida, a woman living in 1936 Chicago, who in her trance proceeds to discuss the criminal activities of crime boss Lupino. Lupino’s henchmen Clyde and James discreetly kill her afterward.
Elsewhere in Chicago, Frankenstein’s monster, AKA “Frank”, arrives at the house of scientist Dr. Cornelia Euphronius. Having read about Euphronius’ work on reanimation, he enlists her to create a companion for him after a century of loneliness. Euphronius and Frank choose Ida’s corpse and successfully revive her, but she loses her memory in the process.
Frank takes advantage of this and states that she is his Bride and lost her memory in an accident, which she accepts.
What happens next is beyond what either of them could
ever have imagined.
Imported by Liberty Cinemas Ltd, ‘The Bride’ is now being screened at Kandy City Centre, Scope Cinema – Colombo City Centre, Scope Cinema – Havelock City Mall, PVR Cinema, Ram Cinema, Lite Cinemas and Regal Cinemas.
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