Birth (2004)

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Written by Jean-Claude Carrière, Milo Addica

Directed by Jonathan Glazer

Running Time: 120 minutes (approx)

Production Year: 2004

Rating: 15 Certificate

Production Country: USA

Filmed in Colour

In this chilling thriller, Nicole Kidman plays Anna, a widow for ten years who has finally found new happiness with Joseph (Danny Huston).

Things are going well until a ten-year-old boy, Sean (Cameron Bright) appears on the scene, declaring he is the reincarnation of her dead husband. Anna is convinced that Sean is telling the truth by the knowledge he has, while Joseph, her mother Eleanor and all around her remain sceptical, certain that something is terribly wrong.

Birth, released in 2004, is set in a series of airless Upper West Side interiors and stark landscapes. With twists and turns, Jonathan Glazer's taut, chiller maintains a sense of strange anticipation, while Kidman's haunting performance is stand-out.

Highly recommended.

Cast

Image for Nicole KidmanNicole KidmanAnna
Image for Cameron BrightCameron BrightYoung Sean
Image for Danny HustonDanny HustonJoseph
Lauren BacallEleanor
Alison ElliottLaura
Arliss HowardBob
Michael DesautelsSean
Image for Anne HecheAnne HecheClara
Image for Peter StormarePeter StormareClifford
Image for Ted LevineTed LevineMr. Conte
Cara SeymourMrs. Conte
Scott JohnsenCaterer
Joe M. ChalmersSinclair
Novella NelsonLee
Zoe CaldwellMrs. Hill

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