Her Private Hell – TRAILER

Following its World Premiere out of competition at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival is the release of the trailer for Her Private Hell from filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive, Only God Forgives, The Neon Demon) that’s been described as a hypnotic moodscape enshrined in pink mist.

Set against a surrealist, futuristic metropolis, the story follows Elle (Sophie Thatcher), a rising movie star preparing to shoot a space odyssey alongside her ex-lover turned stepmother (Havana Rose Liu). Elsewhere in the haze, an American GI (Charles Melton) wanders the desolate streets on a desperate search for his daughter. As an enigmatic and sinister figure known only as the Leather Man stalks the city’s shadows, their lives begin to converge, dissolving the boundaries between past and present, memory and fate.

Driven by his trademark neon cinematography, striking atmospheric dread, and an intoxicating orchestral score by legendary composer Pino Dinaggio, Her Private Hell is a breathtaking, kaleidoscopic experience designed to mesmerize and seduce.

Refn has said that the story originated from combining three separate ideas: a young woman arriving in a city that does not exist, a man willing to descend into Hell to rescue his daughter, and a third narrative thread created specifically to connect the first two into a “triangle” structure. He rewrote the script daily during production and even changed the film’s ending midway through shooting without informing the cast or crew. According to Refn, only he knew how the movie would end for much of the production in order to preserve a sense of curiosity and unpredictability on set. Charles Melton accepted the role before even reading the script, citing the opportunity to work with the director as reason enough to sign on.

HER PRIVATE HELL WILL BE RELEASED IN UK & IRISH CINEMAS ON 25th SEPTEMBER 2026