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Pearl

Backstory on how Pearl became the person she was.

Director

Ti West

Year

Genre

Box Office

$8,932,152

Production

A24,Little Lamb Productions

Awards

1 nomination

Homepage

https://a24films.com/films/pearl

Part of Collection

X Collection: X, Pearl, MaXXXine

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Pearl

Projectionist

David Corenswet

Ruth

Father

Matthew Sunderland

Mitsy

Emma Jenkins-Purro

Howard

Alistair Sewell

Margaret

Woman

Pianist

Director

Ticket Taker

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5.0

★★★★★

1 review

Overall

5.0

Story

5.0

Aesthetics

4.0

Acting

5.0

Sound

5.0

bartek.zawila2021

10 months ago

★★★★★

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Pearl The Projectionist

One day you'll never see me again. - Pearl

One day you'll never see me again.

One day, the whole world's gonna know my name. - Pearl

One day, the whole world's gonna know my name.

RUTH: You aren't to indulge in any more such foolishness. - Pearl

RUTH: You aren't to indulge in any more such...

With all the farmhands gone, - Pearl

With all the farmhands gone,

Anything for me in the post today? - Pearl

Anything for me in the post today?

[Pearl] It says the Allies
have taken control of France. - Pearl

[Pearl] It says the Allies have taken control of France.

PEARL: It says the Allies have taken control of France. - Pearl

PEARL: It says the Allies have taken control of France.

I don't want to hear about
any more dead Germans tonight. - Pearl

I don't want to hear about any more dead Germans tonigh...

PEARL: "My precious Pearl. - Pearl

PEARL: "My precious Pearl.

I'll go to town tomorrow. - Pearl

I'll go to town tomorrow.

They show all the best dancers
at the pictures. - Pearl

They show all the best dancers at the pictures.

I could be on the line with those girls one day. - Pearl

I could be on the line with those girls one day.

[floor creaking] - Pearl

[floor creaking]

RUTH: Pearl. - Pearl

Remember to cover your face. - Pearl

Remember to cover your face.

Papers are warning
of a lethal resurgence. - Pearl

Papers are warning of a lethal resurgence.

MAN: The time is now... - Pearl

MAN: The time is now...

[shop bell jangling] - Pearl

[shop bell jangling]

[cash register dinging] - Pearl

[cash register dinging]

[projector clicks] - Pearl

[projector clicks]

Cigarette? - Pearl

You like the movies? - Pearl

You like the movies?

[Pearl coughs] - Pearl

He's overseas, - Pearl

I need to get going. - Pearl

I need to get going.

Mama's expecting me,
but I appreciate the, um... - Pearl

Mama's expecting me, but I appreciate the, um...

[car horn honking] - Pearl

[car horn honking]

From what you just saw. - Pearl

From what you just saw.

You ought to take pride in that, - Pearl

You ought to take pride in that,

I wouldn't mind seeing you
up on that screen one day, Missus... - Pearl

I wouldn't mind seeing you up on that screen one day, M...

Well, if you come back,
knock on this door. - Pearl

Well, if you come back, knock on this door.

I'm always here, and, - Pearl

I'm always here, and,

[gasps] - Pearl

[music fades] - Pearl

I'm married - Pearl

[screaming in pleasure] - Pearl

[screaming in pleasure]

What took you so long? - Pearl

What took you so long?

Wash your hair. - Pearl

Wash your hair.

[Pearl scrubbing] - Pearl

[Pearl scrubbing]

PEARL: I saw a new picture today. - Pearl

PEARL: I saw a new picture today.

You'd have liked it.
The girls were all flawless. - Pearl

You'd have liked it. The girls were all flawless.

There's no room for even the tiniest
lack of precision in a troupe like that. - Pearl

There's no room for even the tiniest lack of precision ...

What a charmed life it must be
to star in the movies. - Pearl

What a charmed life it must be to star in the movies.

Where is the rest of the money I lent you? - Pearl

Where is the rest of the money I lent you?

That is enough, then. - Pearl

That is enough, then.

The food I worked hard
to prepare alone is not. - Pearl

The food I worked hard to prepare alone is not.

[chair scrapes] - Pearl

[chair scrapes]

We don't have a lot of money for food. - Pearl

We don't have a lot of money for food.

The only reason we are not sick - Pearl

The only reason we are not sick

I know that. - Pearl

[speaking German] I can't let you
dream your life away - Pearl

[speaking German] I can't let you dream your life away

And your father and I - Pearl

And your father and I

- [in English] Good.
- [sighs] - Pearl

- [in English] Good. - [sighs]

Please, Lord, make me the biggest star the world has ever known so that I may get far, far away from this place. - Pearl

Please, Lord, make me the biggest star the world has ever...

[birds chirping] - Pearl

[birds chirping]

Afternoon, Pearl! [giggles] - Pearl

Afternoon, Pearl! [giggles]

It feels wonderful to finally be able to
don something pretty again. - Pearl

It feels wonderful to finally be able to don something prett...

[Mitsy] Well, we were a bit worried - Pearl

[Mitsy] Well, we were a bit worried

- Uh-uh.
- Oh, well... [sighs] - Pearl

- Uh-uh. - Oh, well... [sighs]

If only his pride hadn't gotten him
involved in this dreadful war. - Pearl

If only his pride hadn't gotten him involved in this dr...

You know we had a doctor
willing to declare him ineligible? - Pearl

You know we had a doctor willing to declare him ineligible?

The lengths my brother will go to
just to spite his father. - Pearl

The lengths my brother will go to just to spite his father.

All this isolation has been enough
to make one mad, hasn't it? - Pearl

All this isolation has been enough to make one mad, hasn...

Mother would throttle me - Pearl

Mother would throttle me

Mother would throttle me if she knew I was planning on attending. - Pearl

Mother would throttle me if she knew I was planning on...

But there's a dance audition
this Saturday at our church - Pearl

But there's a dance audition this Saturday at our churc...

Word is,
they're putting together a troupe - Pearl

Word is, they're putting together a troupe

We got three more pigs
to drop off this afternoon. - Pearl

We got three more pigs to drop off this afternoon.

Charlie, this could be it. - Pearl

Charlie, this could be it.

PROJECTIONIST: Well, I didn't expect to see you again this soon. - Pearl

PROJECTIONIST: Well, I didn't expect to see you again...

[Pearl] I can't believe you get to see
the pictures every day for free. - Pearl

[Pearl] I can't believe you get to see the pictures eve...

PEARL: I can't believe you get to see the pictures every day for free. - Pearl

PEARL: I can't believe you get to see the pictures...

- Thank you.
- [glasses clinking] - Pearl

- Thank you. - [glasses clinking]

-Thank you. - Pearl

I've been thinking a lot about
what you said to me the other day - Pearl

I've been thinking a lot about what you said to me the ...

Palace Follies. - Pearl

Palace Follies.

How about a film
nobody else has seen? - Pearl

How about a film nobody else has seen?

How about a film nobody else has seen? - Pearl

How about a film nobody else has seen?

[chuckles] - Pearl

PEARL: Do you live in here? - Pearl

PEARL: Do you live in here?

I'm what more civilized people
refer to as bohemian. - Pearl

I'm what more civilized people refer to as bohemian.

It means I can pack up
and leave whenever I want to. - Pearl

It means I can pack up and leave whenever I want to.

[projector clicks] - Pearl

[projector clicks]

PEARL: What is this? - Pearl

PEARL: What is this?

Never seen anything like that before now, have you? - Pearl

Never seen anything like that before now, have you?

There are all kinds of underground
stag films like this out there. - Pearl

There are all kinds of underground stag films like this out ...

Is it legalCHUCKLES Doing it yeahFilming it no - Pearl

Is it legalCHUCKLES Doing it yeahFilming it no

Not here, anyway.
It will be eventually. - Pearl

Not here, anyway. It will be eventually.

Pictures like this are going
to revolutionize the industry - Pearl

Pictures like this are going to revolutionize the industry

There's no denying
we all share a fascination - Pearl

There's no denying we all share a fascination

Pearl poster

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Backstory on how Pearl became the person she was.

User Rating: 5.0 (1 rating)

Director: Ti West

Writer: Ti West, Mia Goth

Production: A24,Little Lamb Productions

Genre: horror

Year: 2022

MetaScore: 73/100

ImdbRating: 7.5

BoxOffice: $8,932,152

Released: 16 Sep 2022

Awards: 1 nomination

Homepage: https://a24films.com/films/pearl

X Collection: X, Pearl, MaXXXine

Also watch: X, Barbarian, Bodies Bodies Bodies, Smile, Sissy, Close, The Menu, Pleasure, The Love Witch, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Lady Chatterley's Lover, Terrifier 2, Women Talking, Fresh, The Voyeurs, Argentina, 1985, The People We Hate at the Wedding, Windfall