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A single mother is plagued by the violent death of her husband and battles with her son’s night time fear of a shadowy monster. But soon, the story shifts from one of a mother driven nearly mad by her son’s obsessions to one of a woman possessed and nearly destroyed by loss. Pitched somewhere between a Roald Dahl yarn and Roman Polanski’s Repulsion, the film has received an explosion of acclaim following its world premiere at Sundance 2014.

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Director
Jennifer Kent
Writers
Jennifer Kent
Producer
Kristina Ceyton  Kristian Moliere
Executive Producers
Jan Chapman  Jonathan Page  Michael Tear  Jeff Harrison
Dir. of Photography
Radek Ladczuk
Editor
Simon Njoo ASE
Cast
Essie Davis - Noah Wiseman - Daniel Henshall - Hayley McElhinney - Barbara West - Ben Winspear
Production Completion
2013
Genre
Thriller
Production Company
Causeway Films Pty Ltd
Australian Sales
Umbrella Entertainment Pty Ltd
International Sales
eOne

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