City Cinema: 100 Nights of Hero

Historical Fantasy Romance.
PG, sexual content, language, some bloody images.
Dir: Julia Jackman, UK, 2025, 90 min.
Safia Oakley-Green, Richard E. Grant, Josh Cowdery. 

“A cool, feminist fable that turns traditional fairytales on their head… Based on Isabel Greenberg’s graphic novel – itself a take on Middle Eastern folktale One Thousand and One Nights – the story concerns Cherry, who, once upon a time in an alternate kingdom, has been married off to the handsome Jerome. But the newlywed couple is yet to conceive an all-important heir… So they are given 101 nights to get pregnant…. Meanwhile, Jerome’s dashing friend Manfred arrives, throwing everything into chaos… But Cherry’s devoted maid Hero sniffs out potential danger for her mistress, protecting her from Manfred by spinning enchanting stories each night of a defiant group of sisters… who insist on living by their own rules. 100 Nights of Hero is a gothic-tinged fantasy… Jackman has created an off-beat, deadpan film tying meaning and whimsy together smoothly… While addressing some pretty dark topics such as misogyny at its heart, everything is done with a light touch.” —Tori Brazier, Metro (UK)