Attachment

Maja (Josephine Park) is a former washed-up Danish child actress working low-key gigs in Copenhagen. Her life takes an extraordinary turn when she bump-meets Leah (Ellie Kendrick), an academic British-Jewish student visiting Denmark. A whirlwind romance instantly blossoms between the two women, but their honeymoon phase is abruptly cut short when Leah suffers a sudden, terrifying seizure that leaves her with a broken leg.

Determined to care for her new partner, Maja accompanies Leah back to her home in a Hasidic Jewish neighborhood in London. There, Maja meets Leah's overbearing mother, Chana (Sofie Gråbøl), who lives downstairs and maintains an unsettling, suffocating control over Leah's life. As Maja notices increasingly strange, esoteric rituals around the house, she initially suspects toxic maternal codependency—only to uncover a terrifying secret rooted in Jewish mythology and a malevolent spirit known as a dybbuk.

💡 Did you know?
Feature Directorial Debut: Attachment is the feature directorial debut of Gabriel Bier Gislason (son of Oscar-winning director Susanne Bier), premiering to critical praise at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival.

Authentic Folklore Integration: Rather than relying on standard Catholic exorcism tropes, the film weaves authentic Jewish folklore, Yiddish superstitions, and Kabbalistic traditions into a modern queer love story.

Shudder Original Acquisition: The film was acquired as a Shudder Original, becoming one of the most celebrated international horror titles on the platform upon its global release.

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