It opened to polarized reviews, and ultimately grossed a little over $3 million against a $7 million budget.įollowing the death of her parents, sixteen-year-old aspiring model Jesse has just moved from small-town Georgia to Los Angeles. In the United States, the film was released theatrically on Jby Amazon Studios and Broad Green Pictures. Supporting roles are played by Karl Glusman, Jena Malone, Bella Heathcote, Abbey Lee, Desmond Harrington, Christina Hendricks, and Keanu Reeves.Īn international co-production between France, Denmark, and the United States, the film competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, the third consecutive film directed by Refn to do so, following Drive (2011) and Only God Forgives (2013). The plot follows an aspiring model in Los Angeles whose beauty and youth generate intense fascination and jealousy within the fashion industry. The Neon Demon is a 2016 psychological horror film directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, co-written by Mary Laws, Polly Stenham, and Refn, and starring Elle Fanning.
