100 Nights of Hero (2025)
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A woman and her maid are tested by the arrival of a seductive friend while her husband is away for a hundred days.
The story
In a world governed by strict rules, Cherry lives in an unconsummated marriage with her husband, Jerome. When Jerome leaves her alone for one hundred days to test her fidelity, he allows his friend Manfred to attempt to seduce her. Cherry is accompanied by her loyal maid, Hero. As the days pass, the two women must navigate the presence of Manfred and the looming deadline of the hundred-day trial. Amidst the tension, Hero shares forbidden stories that begin to change Cherry's perception of her life and the world around her.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Following a creation of the world by a god named Kiddo and the imposition of order by her father, Birdman, the story follows Cherry, who is in an unconsummated marriage with Jerome. To test her loyalty, Jerome allows his friend Manfred to attempt to seduce her for one hundred days. Cherry and her maid, Hero, share a secret code of stories to pass the time. As the deadline approaches, Cherry and Hero's bond deepens, and they are eventually tried for witchcraft and perversion. They are sentenced to death but choose to jump from the execution site, where they are transformed into constellations known as the Heroes, leading to the spread of storytelling among women.
- First release year
- 2025
- Runtime (minutes)
- 91
- Production countries
- United Kingdom; United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- Julia Jackman
- Writers
- Julia Jackman · screenplay
- Cast and characters
- Emma Corrin · Hero; Nicholas Galitzine · Manfred; Maika Monroe · Cherry; Amir El-Masry · Jerome; Charli XCX; Richard E. Grant; Felicity Jones
- Genres
- fantasy; romance
- Themes
- gender; literacy; misogyny; sexual repression
- Tone and mood
- whimsical; fairytale
- Setting
- A kingdom governed by strict rules regarding marriage and gender.
- Premise and plot tags
- historical fantasy; romance; folklore
- Source material / true-story basis
- The One Hundred Nights of Hero by Isabel Greenberg (based on One Thousand and One Nights)
- Content notes
- LGBTQ-related
- Reception
- The film received generally favorable reviews, though some critics noted it had a thin narrative despite its visual appeal.
- Reported review scores
- Rotten Tomatoes · score: 68% · scale: percentage · review count: 73; Metacritic · score: 64 · scale: 100 · review count: 22
- Production trivia
- The film was the Closing Night film of the 2025 BFI London Film Festival.; The story is based on a graphic novel which was itself based on a Middle Eastern folktale.
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