A newspaper photographer researches an 1873 double homicide and finds her own life paralleling that of a witness who survived the tragic ordeal.
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Kathryn Bigelow
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| Ciarán Hinds | ... | Louis Wagner (as Ciaran Hinds) | |
| Richard Donat | ... | Mr. Plaisted | |
| Sarah Polley | ... | Maren Hontvedt | |
| Ulrich Thomsen | ... | John Hontvedt | |
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Anders W. Berthelsen | ... | Evan Christenson |
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Murdoch MacDonald | ... | Bailiff (as Murdock McDonald) |
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Joseph Rutten | ... | Judge |
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John Walf | ... | Defense Attorney |
| Katrin Cartlidge | ... | Karen Christenson | |
| Vinessa Shaw | ... | Anethe Christenson | |
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Adam Curry | ... | Emil Ingerbretson |
| Catherine McCormack | ... | Jean Janes | |
| Sean Penn | ... | Thomas Janes | |
| Josh Lucas | ... | Rich Janes | |
| Elizabeth Hurley | ... | Adaline Gunne | |
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A newspaper photographer, Jean, researches the lurid and sensational axe murder of two women in 1873 as an editorial tie-in with a brutal modern double murder. She discovers a cache of papers that appear to give an account of the murders by an eyewitness. The plot weaves between the narrative of the eyewitness and Jean's private struggle with jealousies and suspicions as her marriage teeters. Written by Anonymous
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31 July 2002 (France) See more »Also Known As:
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$16,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$45,888, 3 November 2002, Limited ReleaseGross USA:
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Rich Janes: Not talent. Genius maybe. You're talented, Thomas. The world is full of talented assholes.
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Based on an actual double-murder on the Isles of Shoals on 6 March 1873. See more »Goofs
When Josh Lucas dives into the water of the cove, it is almost perfectly still and glass-like. As they show Jean photographing him (in black and white) at the exact same time, the water is very choppy indicating there is a stiff wind blowing. See more »Quotes
Thomas Janes: Talent excuses cruelty. Don't you know that?Rich Janes: Not talent. Genius maybe. You're talented, Thomas. The world is full of talented assholes.
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Clever script, clever acting, especially by the late Katrin Cartlidge. This is about a history murder case. Who did the axe killing? The supposed one or the certainly unsupposed?
There are two parallel plots here, the murder case and the case of those who are examining the case 130 years later. In many (emotional) ways the two plots are really the same. The murder case takes over the souls of the investigators.
You get confused and found out quite many things after leaving the movie house. That's typical for a good thriller.