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Vulture critic Bilge Ebiri reviews Rosebush Pruning at Berlinale 2026, a star-studded but perplexing psychosexual drama inspired by Bellocchio’s Fists in the Pocket. Despite a glamorous cast, the film’s incestuous tensions and class critique feel poorly anchored, with directing and a tacked-on voiceover failing to sustain its provocative ambitions.
Karim Aïnouz’s Rosebush Pruning centers a lavish, dysfunctional family in a single Spanish villa to roast privilege, patriarchy, and wealth through dark humor and satirical edges. Drawing on 1960s cinema like Fists in the Pocket and Teorema, the film assembles a star-studded ensemble (Callum Turner, Jamie Bell, Riley Keough, Elle Fanning, Pamela Anderson) for a contemporary, provocative critique that blends dread with wit while aiming to break the cycle of wealth-driven power. Filmed on location in Spain and developed during the pandemic, it’s pitched as a fearless, entertaining autopsy of the super-rich.
Karim Aïnouz’s English-language Velvet-tinged drama Rosebush Pruning arrives at Berlin as a sleek, silly yet seductive provocation about a wealthy family’s decadence. Led by Callum Turner’s enigmatic Edward, the film blends comedy, drama and taboo in lush, maximalist visuals, delivering sharp anti‑capitalist sting while provoking polarizing reactions amid an all‑star cast that includes Elle Fanning, Riley Keough and Pamela Anderson.
Karim Aïnouz’s Rosebush Pruning is a glossy Berlin-set satire of a wealthy American family, delivering stylish performances (notably Callum Turner and Elle Fanning) and lush visuals, but its ruthless cynicism sometimes undercuts its humor, leaving a sour aftertaste despite strong craft.
Dua Lipa surprised Berlinale by attending the world premiere of Rosebush Pruning as her fiancé Callum Turner’s date, stepping onto the red carpet in a see‑through lace gown while Turner wore a brown suit and sharing affectionate moments as the couple celebrated Valentine’s Day; the film—an biting satire from Karim Aïnouz with Turner among an ensemble that includes Riley Keough, Elle Fanning and Pamela Anderson—follows four American siblings navigating wealth and family secrets, as Turner teased Bond rumors at the press conference.
Deadline’s Berlin review hails Rosebush Pruning as a bold, transgressive black comedy from Karim Aïnouz (co-written with Efthimis Filippou), a sexually charged, incest-tinged family saga with candy-colored visuals that evokes Dogtooth and early Almodóvar, delivering a provocative, boundary-pushing cinema experience.