Nicole Kidman stars in Alejandro Amenábar’s mystical thriller.
In 1945, Grace Stewart (Nicole Kidman) lives in a remote house in Jersey with her daughter Anne (Alakina Mann) and her son Nicholas (James Bentley), waiting for her beloved husband to return from the war. One day their servants disappear, and a week later housekeeper Bertha, gardener Edmund, and maid Lydia arrive at their door, claiming they have worked at the mansion before and asking to be re-hired. Grace hires them and explains the strange rules of her household: every door must be shut before another one opens and all curtains must remain closed, as her kids suffer from a rare syndrome. It seems as though life has returned to normal, but the kids start seeing a strange boy in the corridors, and Grace starts hearing otherworldly sounds.
Alejandro Amenábar manages to build up tension without actually showing anything horrifying. The film has no ghosts or monsters—what it has instead is the fear of the unknown. Nicole Kidman is brilliant in the role of a mother losing touch with reality and ready to do anything to protect her children. Amenábar’s film received eight Goya Awards and was featured in the main program of the Venice Film Festival in 2001.
The film will be screened in English with Russian subtitles.
The Others
Director: Alejandro Amenábar
Spain, France, USA, 2001. 101 min.
18+