Immaculate: Sydney Sweeney praises horror film’s cultural relevance

In development for over 10 years, Immaculate finally came out of the drawer after Sydney Sweeney enter as producer of the project directed by Michael Mohan and written by Andrew Lobel. Also interpreting the protagonist, Cecilia, Sweeney praised the production’s cultural relevance.

In addition to her, the cast also includes names such as Álvaro Morte (Father Sal Tedeschi), Simona Tabasco (Mary), Benedetta Porcaroli (Gwen), Giorgio Colangeli (Cardinal Franco Merola), Dora Romano (Abbess), between others. Read the synopsis below:

Cecilia, a young nun, becomes a nun in an isolated convent in the Italian countryside. After a mysterious pregnancy, Cecilia is tormented by wicked forces as she confronts the convent’s dark secrets and horrors.

During an interview with Variety, Sweeney explained what the behind-the-scenes of the production were like, from when she auditioned for the protagonist as a teenager to the moment when, once established in the industry, she joined as a producer. Inmaculada premieres on May 30, 2024 in Brazilian cinemas.

“So the script has been around for 10 years – I auditioned when I was 16. And it was a very different draft. I called the screenwriter, Andrew Lobeland I got the clean, original draft, and then I reworked it to fit who I am today, keeping a lot of the same themes and plots,” he said. “And one of the biggest things that carried over was something innate to the project that, unfortunately, is still a topic of discussion today.”

“What’s cool is that there are so many different topics and talking points for people to draw their own conclusions or assumptions,” he continued. Sydney Sweeney. “That’s what I love – when a film doesn’t try to convey a message to the audience’s mind and tell them, ‘This is what you need to believe.’ I love it when a film has a variation of ideas and concepts and allows people to form their own opinion.”