Synopsis
Holly loves Rob and tries to help him through his grief – even if it means contending with his dead girlfriend Nina, who comes back, bloody and broken, every time they make love
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Cast
- Abigail HardinghamHolly
- Cian BarryRob
- Fiona O'ShaughnessyNina
- David TroughtonDan
- Elizabeth ElvinSally
- Bill HollandWaiter
- Lee Nicholas HarrisPolice Officer
- Sean VereyJosh
- Phelim KellyShopper
- Richard SandlingBus Passenger
Recommendations
- 100
CineVue
Nina Forever is a brilliant, intelligent and emotionally rewarding debut feature. - 88
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
The film’s bizarre, gore-soaked premise actually manages to ease viewers into the far more uncomfortable topic of grief – after all, dying is easy, but living with death is much more complicated. - 88
RogerEbert.com
Nina Forever subverts audience expectations at every turn and develops the kind of genuine emotional power that keeps it from being just another gory goof. - 83
The Playlist
The powerful performances by the three leads really help create the brothers’ distinct vision. - 80
Screen Daily
The ending is haunting and affecting. - 80
The Guardian
In addition to its ability to take this odd premise and run with it, Nina Forever scores by being tremendously erotic. Granted, what’s sexy varies from taste to taste, but the exuberance in passion exhibited by young Abigail Hardingham is refreshing in a landscape of independent films that too frequently play nudity for a cheap laugh or just to tick a box off a potential distributor’s list of requirements. - 75
The A.V. Club
Despite these uneven moments, the film still serves as a dark and morbid fable about the poor choices people can make in their efforts to prove that they are how they see themselves. - 70
Los Angeles Times
Thanks to a trio of solid performances (especially the dryly bitter O'Shaughnessy, who suggests a young Helena Bonham Carter), this first feature, although a tad long, nevertheless emerges as a diabolically effective anti-date movie.
