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Dark water - Jennifer Connelly, Ariel Gade, Shelley Duvall, Walter Salles

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Movie propaganda

Dark water conceals darker secrets.

Acclaimed director Walter Salles (Central Station, The motorcycle diaries) helms and Academy Award®-winner Jennifer Connelly stars in Dark water a psychological thriller featuring a stellar cast, including Academy Award®-nominees John C Reilly, Tim Roth and Pete Postlethwaite, as well as Dougray Scott and newcomer Ariel Gade. Based on a film by the creators of the Japanese version of The ring (Ringu) comes this haunting, chilling film about a young mother who goes to extreme lengths to solve a mystery and protect her daughter.

Dahlia Williams (Jennifer Connelly) is starting a new life; newly separated with a new job and a new apartment, she's determined to put her relationship with her estranged husband behind her and devote herself to raising her daughter, Ceci (Ariel Gade). But when the strained separation disintegrates into a bitter custody battle, her situation takes a turn for the worse. Her new apartment - dilapidated, cramped, and worn - seems to take on a life of its own. Mysterious noises, persistent leaks of dark water, and strange happenings cause her imagination to run wild, sending her on a puzzling and mystifying pursuit to find out who is behind the endless mind games. As Dahlia frantically searches for the links between the riddles, the dark water seems to close around her. But one thing trumps all others in Dahlia's world: no matter what it is that's out there, she'll stop at nothing to find it.

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Target demographic movie keyword propaganda

Film thriller Japan remake supernatural water ghost single parent mystery apartment

Persons of interest

Jennifer Connelly .... Dahlia
John C Reilly .... Mr Murray
Tim Roth .... Jeff Platzer
Dougray Scott .... Kyle
Pete Postlethwaite .... Veeck
Ariel Gade .... Ceci
Perla Haney-Jardine .... Natasha, Young Dahlia
Jennifer Baxter .... Mary
Matthew Lemche .... Steve
Edward Kennington .... Billy
Kôji Suzuki .... Author: Honogurai mizu no soko kara
Hideo Nakata .... Screenwriter: Honogurai mizu no soko kara
Taka Ichise .... Screenwriter: Honogurai mizu no soko kara
Rafael Yglesias .... Screenwriter
Walter Salles .... Director

Cinematic intelligence sources

Dark water official movie site
Dark water production notes
Dark water QuickTime movie trailers
Awards and film festivals:

Bangkok International Film Festival 2006: Cinematographer's Day

Studios and distributors:

Buena Vista International

Intelligence analyst

Special Agent Matti

Theatrical report

Dark water is based on a typically dark, spooky, mysterious and unnerving Japanese novel and film and most of that disturbing atmosphere has come through. There are few actually scary bits (as are to be expected with, say, Alien) as the film is more about uneasiness and anxiety. This is not a bad thing, unless you wanted to see Alien, as being mind-fucked is a great way to spend a couple of hours.

Confusion reigns, the Lord of Misrule is on his throne but no-one is laughing. Be prepared to curl up your toes.