How to Watch Rosebush Pruning Online in 4K

Rosebush Pruning is a satirical tragicomedy thriller film directed by Karim Aïnouz, written by Efthimis Filippou, and loosely based on the 1965 Italian film Fists in the Pocket (I pugni in tasca) by Marco Bellocchio. The film stars Callum Turner, Riley Keough, Elle Fanning, Jamie Bell, Tracy Letts, and Pamela Anderson. It had its world premiere at the main competition of the 76th Berlin International Film Festival on February 14, 2026, where it was nominated for the Golden Bear. It was released theatrically in Germany by MUBI on April 23, 2026, with a UK release on July 10, 2026. InfinityTV's library of 150,000+ Movies & Series will carry Rosebush Pruning in 4K Ultra HD when international streaming rights are confirmed.

What Is Rosebush Pruning?

Rosebush Pruning is a 2026 satirical tragicomedy thriller directed by Karim Aïnouz — the Brazilian filmmaker known for The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão (2019, Un Certain Regard Prize at Cannes), Motel Destino (2024), and the documentary Mariner of the Mountains (2021). Aïnouz is one of the most internationally recognised Brazilian directors working today.

The screenplay was written by Efthimis Filippou, the Greek screenwriter known for his long collaboration with director Yorgos Lanthimos — he co-wrote Dogtooth (2009), Alps (2011), The Lobster (2015), and The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017). Filippou's work is characterised by clinical precision, darkly absurdist family dynamics, and dialogue that emphasises the gap between social performance and interior life.

The film is described as loosely based on Fists in the Pocket (I pugni in tasca, 1965), the debut feature by Italian director Marco Bellocchio. The original film follows a young man in a dysfunctional bourgeois family who begins murdering his disabled relatives in a belief that he is freeing them. It was one of the founding works of Italian arthouse cinema of the 1960s and remains a canonical example of the family-as-horror premise in European art film.

Rosebush Pruning updates and transforms this material through the collaboration of a Brazilian director and a Greek screenwriter within a contemporary context.

The Cast

• Callum Turner — known for his work in The Capture, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018), and Masters of the Air (2024)
• Riley Keough — known for Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), American Honey (2016), The Girlfriend Experience (HBO, 2016), Zola (2021), and Daisy Jones & the Six (2023)
• Elle Fanning — known for Maleficent (2014), The Great (Hulu, 2020-2023), Teen Spirit (2018), and All the Bright Places (2020)
• Jamie Bell — known for Billy Elliot (2000), Fantastic Four (2015), Rocketman (2019), and The Adventures of Tintin (2011)
• Tracy Letts — Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright (August: Osage County) and actor known for Lady Bird (2017), Little Women (2019), and Ford v Ferrari (2019)
• Pamela Anderson — following her acclaimed dramatic work in The Last Showgirl (2024), Anderson continues to build a serious film career with this role

Efthimis Filippou: The Screenplay

The casting of Efthimis Filippou as screenwriter shapes what Rosebush Pruning will be as a formal object. Filippou's Lanthimos films are characterised by:

• Dialogue that is flat, direct, and without the normal social lubrication of conventional conversation
• Institutional or domestic settings that operate according to their own internal logic
• Black comedy that operates through tonal distance rather than setup-and-punchline mechanics
• Family structures that reveal the violence and power dynamics beneath apparent order

The description of Rosebush Pruning as "satirical tragicomedy" — and its loose inspiration from Fists in the Pocket — suggests the film examines a dysfunctional bourgeois family from a similar clinical distance, using contemporary settings rather than the 1960s Italian context.

How to Watch Rosebush Pruning in 4K

Rosebush Pruning was released in Germany by MUBI on April 23, 2026, and is scheduled for UK release on July 10, 2026. To stream it in 4K on InfinityTV:

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Karim Aïnouz: Brazilian Director, Global Cinema

Karim Aïnouz (born 1966, Fortaleza, Brazil) is one of the most internationally successful Brazilian filmmakers of his generation. He studied architecture before moving to film, and his work consistently engages with questions of identity, desire, and displacement — particularly within Brazilian cultural and political contexts.

His key films include:

• Madame Satã (2002) — biographical film about the legendary Brazilian criminal and drag performer João Francisco dos Santos; screened at Cannes in the Un Certain Regard section
• The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão (2019) — won the Un Certain Regard Prize at Cannes; a period drama about two sisters separated by family and circumstance in 1950s Rio de Janeiro; Brazil's submission to the Academy Awards
• Mariner of the Mountains (2021) — a documentary about Aïnouz's journey to Algeria in search of his father's origins
• Motel Destino (2024) — a noir erotic thriller set in northeastern Brazil; screened in main competition at Cannes 2024

Rosebush Pruning represents Aïnouz's first English-language production with a primarily anglophone cast, and his first collaboration with Filippou. The Berlin Film Festival selection — in the main competition, nominated for the Golden Bear — confirms the ambition of the project.

MUBI as Distributor

MUBI is an international streaming platform and film distributor founded in 2007, known for curating art-house, classic, and festival cinema. In recent years, MUBI has expanded from pure streaming into theatrical distribution, acquiring festival films for direct release — a model that positions it as an alternative to the traditional arthouse distributor pipeline.

MUBI releasing Rosebush Pruning theatrically in Germany and the UK is consistent with its acquisition strategy: post-Berlin films with prestige credentials and a strong art-film audience profile.

The Connection to Pamela Anderson's Career Resurgence

Pamela Anderson's role in Rosebush Pruning is part of a broader critical resurgence. After decades as primarily a pop culture phenomenon rather than a serious film actor, Anderson received critical acclaim for The Last Showgirl (2024), directed by Gia Coppola. Reviews praised her dramatic performance in what was described as one of the best performances of her career.

Casting her in a festival film by Karim Aïnouz with a screenplay by Efthimis Filippou — in a film with Cannes/Berlin competition credentials — confirms that the critical reassessment of Anderson as an actress is ongoing.

Tracy Letts is the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and actor whose stage work (August: Osage County, Bug, The Minutes) is among the most performed in American theatre. His film work in Lady Bird (2017), Little Women (2019), and Ford v Ferrari (2019) has introduced his work to international film audiences. His presence in Rosebush Pruning — as a character in a Filippou-written, Lanthimos-influenced family satire — is a logical fit: Letts's own plays frequently examine American family dysfunction through dark comedy.

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Is Rosebush Pruning Related to Yorgos Lanthimos's Films?

Not directly — it is not produced or directed by Lanthimos. But the connection is real: the screenplay was written by Efthimis Filippou, who co-wrote Lanthimos's Dogtooth (2009), Alps (2011), The Lobster (2015), and The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017). Filippou's writing style — clinical family dialogue, dark absurdist comedy, the gap between social performance and interior violence — is a consistent signature across those films and is expected to be present in Rosebush Pruning. Viewers who are drawn to the Lanthimos aesthetic but want to see it applied by a different director (Karim Aïnouz, whose sensibility is warmer and more rooted in physical desire than Lanthimos's cold formalism) will find Rosebush Pruning an interesting comparison piece. The collaboration of a Brazilian director with a Greek screenwriter whose work has defined one of the most distinctive trends in contemporary European arthouse cinema is itself the artistic experiment.

Frequently asked questions

What is Rosebush Pruning about? Rosebush Pruning is a satirical tragicomedy thriller loosely based on the 1965 Italian film Fists in the Pocket by Marco Bellocchio. It examines a dysfunctional bourgeois family through a darkly comic lens, written by Efthimis Filippou (co-writer of The Lobster, Dogtooth) and directed by Karim Aïnouz (The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão). The cast includes Callum Turner, Riley Keough, Elle Fanning, Jamie Bell, Tracy Letts, and Pamela Anderson.

Who directed Rosebush Pruning? Rosebush Pruning was directed by Karim Aïnouz, the Brazilian filmmaker who won the Un Certain Regard Prize at Cannes 2019 for The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão. The screenplay was written by Efthimis Filippou, best known for co-writing Yorgos Lanthimos's Dogtooth (2009), The Lobster (2015), and The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017).

When and where was Rosebush Pruning released? Rosebush Pruning had its world premiere at the main competition of the 76th Berlin International Film Festival on February 14, 2026, where it was nominated for the Golden Bear. It was released theatrically in Germany by MUBI on April 23, 2026, with a UK release on July 10, 2026.

Where can I stream Rosebush Pruning in 4K? Rosebush Pruning is being distributed by MUBI in Germany and the UK. InfinityTV will carry it in the on-demand library of 150,000+ Movies & Series when the streaming window opens. Subscribe to watch on InfinityTV and search for Rosebush Pruning in the on-demand section.

Is Pamela Anderson in Rosebush Pruning? Yes. Pamela Anderson appears in Rosebush Pruning alongside Callum Turner, Riley Keough, Elle Fanning, Jamie Bell, and Tracy Letts. Anderson received widespread critical praise for her dramatic performance in The Last Showgirl (2024), and Rosebush Pruning continues her engagement with prestige festival cinema.