Fingernails Movie An Inside Look | Apple TV+ - Director Christos Nikou and the cast share their experience working on Fingernails, an introspective, profound, and intentional movie about what it means to be in love.
Anna (Jessie Buckley) and Ryan (Jeremy Allen White) have found true love. It’s been proven by a controversial new technology. There’s just one problem: Anna still isn’t sure. Then she takes a position at a love testing institute, and meets Amir (Rez Ahmed).
“Fingernails” is the second feature and first English-language film from visionary director, writer and producer Christos Nikou, whose directorial debut was the critically acclaimed “Apples.”
“Fingernails” is co-written by Nikou, Stavros Raptis and Sam Steiner. In addition to Nikou, “Fingernails” is produced by Cate Blanchett, Andrew Upton and Coco Francini for Dirty Films and Lucas Wiesendanger for FilmNation Entertainment. The film is executive produced by FilmNation Entertainment’s Glen Basner, Milan Popelka and Alison Cohen, alongside Ashley Fox, Kevin Lafferty and Jerome Duboz.
Anna (Jessie Buckley) and Ryan (Jeremy Allen White) have found true love. It’s been proven by a controversial new technology. There’s just one problem: Anna still isn’t sure. Then she takes a position at a love testing institute, and meets Amir (Rez Ahmed).
“Fingernails” is the second feature and first English-language film from visionary director, writer and producer Christos Nikou, whose directorial debut was the critically acclaimed “Apples.”
“Fingernails” is co-written by Nikou, Stavros Raptis and Sam Steiner. In addition to Nikou, “Fingernails” is produced by Cate Blanchett, Andrew Upton and Coco Francini for Dirty Films and Lucas Wiesendanger for FilmNation Entertainment. The film is executive produced by FilmNation Entertainment’s Glen Basner, Milan Popelka and Alison Cohen, alongside Ashley Fox, Kevin Lafferty and Jerome Duboz.
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00:00 (gentle music)
00:02 - How did it feel?
00:03 I mean, when you got your results?
00:05 - I think more than anything, it felt kind of like relief.
00:08 - Fingernails is about a world pretty similar to ours
00:11 other than the fact that there's a new test
00:13 that's been invented.
00:14 - The device can tell you how compatible you are
00:17 with a partner.
00:17 - And so this love institute is born.
00:20 - I created the program to make the bond of love stronger.
00:24 We're not here to try to teach people to fall in love.
00:26 That would be insane.
00:27 We're here to try to bring them closer together.
00:30 - Love is the most elusive thing.
00:32 We are all looking for love and find something real.
00:35 - Anna is in a 100% tested relationship with Ryan.
00:40 Everything on the surface is great,
00:41 but there's just a little bit of doubt within Anna.
00:44 I think she secretly comes to work in the institute
00:46 because she wants to try and fight for something
00:48 that she feels is lacking within her relationship.
00:51 - Hi.
00:52 - Hi.
00:52 - I'm Amir.
00:53 - I'm Anna.
00:56 - Amir is working at the love institute
00:58 to try and understand what love is.
01:00 Since the test has been invented,
01:01 it's been shown that actually most people are not in love.
01:04 We've forgotten what it really is
01:05 to be focused on your partner.
01:07 - The film is dealing with such massive themes
01:12 in a really thoughtful and specific way.
01:15 - Do you still have strong feelings for him?
01:17 - You're not just dealing with these test results,
01:22 you're dealing with love and the idea of love.
01:25 We all strive for 100% tested love relationships,
01:29 but the reality of it is that it's much messier than that.
01:33 (upbeat music)
01:35 (dramatic music)
01:38 (upbeat music)
01:41 (upbeat music)
01:43 [BLANK_AUDIO]