Georgia Bernstein’s “Night Nurse” Turns Assisted Living Sinister

The first trailer for Georgia Bernstein’s Sundance debut, “Night Nurse,” delivers a dreamlike psychological thriller: a young nurse drawn into seductive scam calls, mounting paranoia, and the dangerous blur between devotion and self-destruction. The film hits

A luxury retirement community looks calm from the outside—until the first images from Georgia Bernstein’s Sundance debut start closing in. In the first trailer for “Night Nurse. ” a sleek assisted living facility turns into something dreamlike. chaotic. and unsettling. with menace creeping in through scam-call paranoia and an increasingly intimate connection that doesn’t feel safe.

The psychological nightmare arrives with a promise that Bernstein won’t be playing it straight. Anchored by Cemre Paksoy’s mesmerizing lead performance. the trailer—barely two minutes long—sets the tone for a thriller that blends erotic fixation. existential dread. and the kind of suspicion that makes every quiet moment feel loaded.

Eleni. played by Paksoy. is a young nurse who steps into an upscale assisted living facility and soon finds herself pulled into a pattern of mysterious scam calls targeting residents. As her connection grows with Douglas (Bruce McKenzie). a magnetic patient who seems to slip just out of reach. the trailer makes the central tension hard to ignore: the boundary between desire and delusion starts to blur.

Bernstein keeps the specifics frustratingly vague, but the feeling is unmistakable. Cuddling and picturesque car rides land with the wrong kind of comfort—suggesting a story that will turn a beautiful slice of life into something far stranger. In the trailer’s uneasy escalation. Bernstein appears to be aiming for more than standard genre shocks. recalling the disorientation of “Eyes Wide Shut” while circling dread reminiscent of her earlier work. “The Rule of Jenny Pen.”.

In a statement provided to IndieWire. Bernstein said. “What’s so exciting about this moment in cinema is that audiences are clearly craving original stories told with real artistic conviction. stories that burrow into something psychologically true. ‘Night Nurse’ comes from that same place. It’s a deeply personal film that examines the unruly feelings living inside the push and pull of close relationships. even unexpected ones. I made exactly the film I set out to make, and I’m so proud of it.”.

The film’s cast is led by Paksoy and Bruce McKenzie. with Eléonore Hendricks. Colleen Rose Trundy. and Mimi Rogers also starring. The official synopsis frames “Night Nurse” around caregiving as both a “vocation” and a “compulsion. ” zeroing in on the “sometimes dangerously thin line between devotion and self-destruction.”.

Bernstein’s upcoming feature debut premiered in the NEXT section at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, and now the movie’s next stop is the theater calendar: “Night Nurse” arrives on July 10.

You can watch the trailer below.

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