100 Nights of Hero, filmmaker Julia Jackman’s second feature, is a cool, feminist fable in an Alice in Wonderland-esque setting that turns traditional fairytales on their head.

It’s stuffed with hot young stars, including Emma Corrin, Longlegs’ Maika Monroe, Nicholas Galitzine and Charli XCX in one of three upcoming films as she looks to take Hollywood by storm.

But this historical fantasy movie has a lot to (stylishly) say about and against societal convention in a way that will particularly chime with women and the queer community.

Based on Isabel Greenberg’s graphic novel – itself a take on Middle Eastern folktale One Thousand and One Nights – the story concerns Cherry (Monroe) who, once upon a time in an alternate kingdom, has been married to the handsome Jerome (Amir El-Masry).

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