Directed by:
Neil JordanCinematography:
Sean BobbittComposer:
Javier NavarreteCast:
Saoirse Ronan, Gemma Arterton, Caleb Landry Jones, Sam Riley, Daniel Mays, Uri Gavriel, Gabriela Marcinková, Warren Brown, Jonny Lee Miller, Tom Hollander (more)VOD (4)
Plots(1)
BYZANTIUM is director Neil Jordan's (Interview with the Vampire) sexy and stylish fantasy thriller about mother and daughter vampires dealing with the pitfalls of eternal life. Two mysterious women seek refuge in a run-down coastal resort. Clara meets lonely Noel, who provides shelter in his deserted guesthouse, Byzantium. Schoolgirl Eleanor befriends Frank and tells him their lethal secret: They were born 200 years ago and survive on human blood. As knowledge of their secret spreads, their past catches up on them with deathly consequence. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Saoirse Ronan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/577/162577428_756d0e.png)
Saoirse Ronan
USA
Best movies:
Loving Vincent (2017)
Atonement (2007)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
![Gemma Arterton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/365/160365238_6b9be9.jpg)
Gemma Arterton
UK
Best movies:
Pirate Radio (2009)
RocknRolla (2008)
Unfinished Song (2012)
![Caleb Landry Jones](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/730/162730773_2b0e97.jpg)
Caleb Landry Jones
USA
Best movies:
X-Men: First Class (2011)
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
No Country for Old Men (2007)
![Sam Riley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/169/086/169086780_8e2999.jpg)
Sam Riley
UK
Best movies:
Control (2007)
24 Hour Party People (2002)
Maleficent (2014)
![Daniel Mays](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/362/362138_fc5a25.jpg)
Daniel Mays
UK
Best movies:
Atonement (2007)
1917 (2019)
The Secret Life of Words (2005)
![Uri Gavriel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273207_e1a415.jpg)
Uri Gavriel
Israel
Best movies:
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
The Syrian Bride (2004)
The Band's Visit (2007)
![Gabriela Marcinková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/470/164470724_e13b11.png)
Gabriela Marcinková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Sláva (2016) (theatrical recording)
Zmiešaná štvorhra (2020) (theatrical recording)
A Pilot Tale (2018) (TV movie)
![Warren Brown](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/510/510248_3785c7.jpg)
Warren Brown
UK
Best movies:
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Agatha Christie's Marple (2004) (series)
Up There (2012)
![Jonny Lee Miller](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/777/162777929_44ad13.jpg)
Jonny Lee Miller
UK
Best movies:
Frankenstein (2011) (theatrical recording)
Trainspotting (1996)
The Covenant (2023)
![Tom Hollander](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/157/162157169_8fd54d.png)
Tom Hollander
UK
Best movies:
Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
John Adams (2008) (series)
Valkyrie (2008)
![Thure Lindhardt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/542/160542794_e993dc.jpg)
Thure Lindhardt
Denmark
Best movies:
Into the Wild (2007)
Pelle the Conqueror (1987)
Angels in Fast Motion (2005)
Jeff Mash
Best movies:
Harley and the Davidsons (2016) (series)
Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
Burton & Taylor (2013) (TV movie)
![Kate Ashfield](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271561_bf198d.jpg)
Kate Ashfield
UK
Best movies:
United (2011) (TV movie)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Pollyanna (2003) (TV movie)
![Maria Doyle Kennedy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/821/161821536_9dcc64.jpg)
Maria Doyle Kennedy
Ireland
Best movies:
Wolfwalkers (2020)
Sing Street (2016)
The Commitments (1991)
![Christine Marzano](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/228/159228201_9fd38b.jpg)
Christine Marzano
Best movies:
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)
Seven Psychopaths (2012)
Dare to Be Wild (2015)
Barry Cassin
Best movies:
Some Mother's Son (1996)
The McKenzie Break (1970)
Ulysses (1967)
Ruby Snape
UK
Best movies:
Murderland (2009) (series)
Byzantium (2012)
Agatha Raisin (2014) (series)
Edyta Budnik
Best movies:
Happy Birthday, Toby Simpson (2017)
Byzantium (2012)
The Comedian (2012)