Rueben's Ramblings

The feature film Hedda will debut online on Amazon Prime on October 29.

The story, now set in mid-20th-century England, follows disaffected aristocrat Hedda Tesman (née Gabler) [Tessa Thompson], on the day of a lavish party thrown by her academic husband George (Tom Bateman).

It opens with an overt hint as to Hedda’s mindset: her suicide attempt at the lake by her husband’s estate is interrupted by a phone call informing her of the long-awaited return of her former flame—and George’s academic rival—Eileen Lovborg (Nina Hoss), a gender-bent incarnation of the play’s Ejlert Løvborg, gesturing explicitly towards a queer reimagining.

Here is a trailer for Hedda: