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Nanny is a 2022 American horror film written and directed by Nikyatu Jusu in her directorial debut.[3] It stars Anna Diop, Michelle Monaghan, Sinqua Walls, Morgan Spector, Rose Decker and Leslie Uggams. Jason Blum serves as an executive producer through his Blumhouse Television banner.

Nanny
Promotional release poster
Directed by	Nikyatu Jusu
Written by	Nikyatu Jusu
Produced by	Daniela Taplin Lundberg Nikkia Moulterie
Starring	Anna Diop Michelle Monaghan Sinqua Walls Morgan Spector Rose Decker Leslie Uggams Zephani Idoko
Cinematography	Rina Yang[1]
Edited by	Robert Mead
Music by	Tanerélle Bartek Gliniak
Production companies	Blumhouse Television Stay Gold Features Topic Studios LinLay Productions
Distributed by	Amazon Studios
Release dates	January 22, 2022 (2022-01-22) (Sundance) November 23, 2022 (2022-11-23) (United States)
Running time	97 minutes[2]
Country	United States
Languages	English Wolof

It had its world premiere at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2022,[4] where it won the Grand Jury Prize,[5] making it the first horror film to ever win this award at Sundance. The film is scheduled for a limited theatrical release on November 23, 2022 by Amazon Studios, prior to streaming on Prime Video starting December 16, 2022.[6]

Plot

An undocumented Senegalese Immigrant nanny Aisha, who is piecing together a new life in New York City while caring for the child of an Upper East Side family in hopes of bringing the child she left behind to the United States, is forced to confront a concealed truth that threatens to shatter her precarious American Dream.[7] [8]

Cast

• Anna Diop as Aisha
• Michelle Monaghan as Amy
• Sinqua Walls as Malik
• Morgan Spector as Adam
• Rose Decker as Rose
• Leslie Uggams as Kathleen
• Zephani Idoko as Sallay
• Princess Adenike as Nikki

Production

On April 13, 2021 it was announced that Nikyatu Jusu will make her directorial debut with Nanny, a film that she wrote and is part of the 2020 The Black List of screenplays that will not be released in theaters during this calendar year.[9][10] In June 2021, Anna Diop, Michelle Monaghan, Sinqua Walls, Morgan Spector, Zephani Idoko and Phylicia Rashad joined the cast of the film.[11][12][13][14] Phylicia Rashad was replaced by Leslie Uggams before production began.[15]

Principal photography began in June 2021, in New York City.[9][16]

Release

It had its world premiere at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2022.[17] In March 2022, Amazon Studios and Blumhouse Productions acquired distribution rights to the film in a deal around $7 million, winning them in a competitive situation that also included Sony Pictures Classics and Neon. Jason Blum, who joined the film as an executive producer post-acquisition, remarked: "We’re proud to have writer/director Nikyatu Jusu’s Nanny as part of our slate for Amazon. It’s a gem of a horror film that combines impressive filmmaking and powerful storytelling, and is worthy of the Grand Jury Prize it was awarded at Sundance." The studios plan to release the film both theatrically and on Prime Video.[18] A special presentation of the film was screened at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2022, followed by one at the 2022 AFI Fest on November 3, 2022.[19] Nanny is scheduled for a limited theatrical release on November 23, 2022 by Amazon Studios, prior to streaming on Prime Video starting December 16, 2022.[20][21]

Reception

The film received positive reviews from critics. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 89% of 53 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.70/10. The website's consensus reads, "Led by Anna Diop's strong central performance, the smartly disquieting Nanny is a promising debut for writer-director Nikyatu Jusu."[22] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 67 out of 100, based on 11 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

Accolades

It had its world premiere at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2022 and won the Grand Jury Prize in the US Dramatic Competition, making Jusu the second Black female filmmaker to win the prize.

References

External links

• Nanny at IMDb

На других языках

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[de] Nanny (Film)

Nanny ist ein US-amerikanischer Spielfilm von Nikyatu Jusu aus dem Jahr 2022. Der Horrorfilm stellt eine senegalesische Immigrantin (dargestellt von Alice Diop) in den Mittelpunkt, die sich um eine weiße Familie in New York kümmern soll und dabei seltsamen übernatürlichen Kräften ausgesetzt ist, die auf ihre afrikanische Heimat zurückgehen.

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- [en] Nanny (film)

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[ru] Няня (фильм, 2022)

«Няня» (англ. Nanny) — американский фильм ужасов 2022 года режиссёра Никиату Джусу. Главные роли в фильме исполнили Анна Диоп, Мишель Монаган и Морган Спектор. Джейсон Блум выступил в качестве исполнительного продюсера через свою компанию Blumhouse Television.

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