Frances McCullen (Chloë Grace Moretz) is struggling after the death of her mother and feels a real sense of loneliness. Even her gregarious roommate Erica (Maika Monroe) can do little to help lift her mood. When Frances finds an expensive ladies handbag left behind on the subway and seeks out the owner, things take a turn to the dark side.

When the handbag’s owner extends the hand of friendship, Frances’ fragile state of mind prevents her from seeing the danger signs and she takes up the offer without a second thought. They grow close quickly and all seems idilic until a reveal changes things dramatically.

The film’s short running time (98 minutes) doesn’t prevent it from getting under your skin and bathing you in a thick layer of creepy. There are millions of stories in a city as large as New York and Greta provides one that will give you caution and a sense of dread.

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That owner is Greta (Isabelle Huppert), an eccentric French piano teacher with a love for classical music and an aching loneliness.  Having recently lost her mother, Frances quickly grows closer to widowed Greta. The two become fast friends — but Greta’s maternal charms begin to dissolve and grow increasingly disturbing as Frances discovers that nothing in Greta’s life is what it seems in this suspense thriller from Academy Award®-winning director Neil Jordan.

Moretz and Huppert are joined by co-stars Maika Monroe, Colm Feore, Stephen Rea. Neil Jordan directs a script he co-wrote with Ray Wright.  The film is produced by Sidney Kimmel, John Penotti, James Flynn, Lawrence Bender, Karen Richards and will be distributed by Universal Pictures.

Greta is in Australian cinemas February 28!
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