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The Other
Why this pick
Like Symptoms, this is an unnervingly restrained rural nightmare, using bright pastoral isolation, ambiguous behaviour and a child's-eye perspective to let dread gather almost imperceptibly.
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MOVIE1974 1h 31m GBR
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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Why this pick
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
The reclusive Helen invites her friend Anne, a writer, to stay the weekend with her at her family's estate. The large manor, located near a lake in a forest, is overgrown with foliage and has mostly been untouched for an extended period of time. Helen, a Translation, has recently returned to her native England after working abroad, and had lost touch with Anne. The two have dinner, start a fire in the hearth, and talk over tea before going to bed.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Lorna Heilbron
Anne
Nancy Nevinson
Hannah
Angela Pleasence
Helen
Peter Vaughan
Brady