A library meet-cute between Maja (Josephine Park) and Leah (Ellie Kendrick) sparks a whirlwind romance, even though Maja is wearing an elf costume and Leah is leaving Denmark the next day to return home to England. After Leah has a seizure and injures herself, Maja accompanies her new girlfriend to the Hasidic area of London, where she must face off with Leah’s protective mother, a peanut allergy, and a dybbuk — a Jewish spirit that possesses victims. ATTACHMENT examines motherhood, homophobia, and how community ties can sometimes be painful, while still offering plenty of scares and laughs along the way.

In a movie filled with a phenomenally charming cast, Sofie Gråbøl steals the show, playing Leah’s mother, Chana. No spoilers here, but Chana’s contradictions and secrets make her the beating heart of ATTACHMENT. She gets to be outright wrong, loving, honest, and emotionally distant — frequently in the same scene — but her performance deftly links these traits together into a character who feels fully realized.

ATTACHMENT draws on Jewish folklore to tell a possession story that’s quite different from the typical Christian perspective, while tackling how culture and community can influence the ways we receive outsiders or perceive queer people. ATTACHMENT is honest about how someone who accepts queerness in theory can also struggle to fully accept their loved one. Or who knows, maybe they’ve got a dybbuk inside them. (AUSTIN KING)