In Neil Jordan's Greta, the stalker and the stalked are both women

A still from the movie Greta, where its eponymous lead played by Isabelle Huppert (right) befriends a young waitress, Frances (Chloe Grace Moretz) and grows obsessed with her.

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LOS ANGELES - In the movie Greta, an older woman named Greta (Isabelle Huppert) befriends a young waitress, Frances (Chloe Grace Moretz), and becomes worryingly obsessed with her.

Opening in Singapore on May 16, the film recalls 1990s psychological thrillers such as The Silence Of The Lambs (1990), Cape Fear (1991) and The Talented Mr Ripley (1999).

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