Elaine, a beautiful young witch, is determined to find a man to love her. In her gothic Victorian apartment she makes spells and potions, and then picks up men and seduces them. However her spells work too well, and she ends up with a string of meek and sensible victims, possessing qualities that she finds most abhorrent in men. When she finally meets the man of her dreams, her desperation to be loved will drive her to the brink of insanity and murder.
"I’m always interested in exploring female fantasy, and the sexy witch is a loaded archetype that is simultaneously about men’s fears and fantasies about women, and women’s feelings of empowerment and agency. So whereas we are used to seeing the sexy witch or the femme fatale from the outside, I wanted to explore her from the inside. The main character, Elaine, is a cross between myself – an artist who has always craved love – and certain pathologically narcissistic women I’ve known. I also wanted to make a film about heartbreak, to literally put that feeling on the screen." (Anna Biller)
Anna Biller
An artist and filmmaker based in Los Angeles. Besides a number of short films, she has completed several full-length stage musicals. Biller is known for her use of various film genres, humour, burlesque, the role of women and her colourful, stylised sets and costumes, which she creates herself. The Love Witch is her second feature film.