The Rule of Jenny Pen

Local title
Jenny Peni käsul
Director
James Ashcroft
Country
New Zealand
Year
2024
Festival
28th Black Nights Film Festival
Programme
Midnight Shivers
Genre
comedy, dramedy, dark comedy
Subject
elderly people, harrassment, humour, revenge

Confined to a rest home, a former Judge must stop an elderly psychopath who employs a puppet to abuse the residents.

Stefan Mortensen (Geoffrey Rush), a misanthropic judge nearing the end of his career, suffers a stroke in the middle of a courtroom, forcing him into a nursing home. There, he encounters Dave Crealy (John Lithgow), a long-time resident who terrorises the other occupants using his doll, Jenny Pen, as the executor of his tyranny and a tool of torture.

A showdown follows between the two men, escalating into violence and horror that will either lead to victory, or death.

Full of creepily twisted and originally unsettling set pieces, “The Rule of Jenny Pen” doesn’t just tap into the universal fear of death, but also the perils of getting old. Actors John Lithgow and Geoffrey Rush were jointly awarded best actor at the Sitges Film Festival.

Director
James Ashcroft
Screenwriter
James Ashcroft, Eli Kent, Owen Marshall
Cast
John Lithgow, Geoffrey Rush, Nathaniel Lees, Thomas Sainsbury, Ian Mune
Producer
Catherine Fitzgerald, Orlando Stewart
Cinematographer
Matt Henley
World sales
Charade Films
Runtime
Language
English
Other festivals
Sitges, Toronto, Austin Fantastic Fest
Director
James Ashcroft

Screenings

2nd Hall Apollo Kino Solaris
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1st Saku hall Apollo Kino Solaris
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2nd Hall Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza
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