Atom Egoyan’s “Seven Veils” (2025), starring Amanda Seyfried, is filled with rich subtext. You can pick apart almost any scene or line of dialogue and find its relevance to its overarching themes. The film offers a reenactment of Salome, a classic opera, through the eyes of a theater director, played by Seyfried. However, instead of relying on a singular interpretation of its narrative, it focuses on the nature of reinterpretation and uses it to analyze the interpersonal dynamics at play during the opera production. It builds gradually like an elaborate fable to address how personal traumas affect their understanding of the art. At its end, it takes Seyfriend’s character toward a moment of catharsis, which digs far deeper than what meets the eye.

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Seven Veils (2025) Plot Summary & Movie Synopsis:

“Seven Veils,” written and directed by Atom Egoyan, follows Jeanine, a theater director, who gets assigned to remount her mentor Charles’ opera,...