Faces in the Crowd (2011)

A horror-thriller centered on a woman living with "face-blindness" after surviving a serial killer's attack. As she lives with her condition, one in which facial features change each time she loses sight of them, the killer closes in.

Director:

Julien Magnat

Writers:

Julien Magnat (original screenplay by), Agnès Caffin (with the participation of)

Stars:

Milla Jovovich, Julian McMahon, David Atrakchi

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Milla Jovovich	...	Anna Marchant
Julian McMahon	...	Sam Kerrest
David Atrakchi	...	Lanyon / Tearjerk Jack
Michael Shanks	...	Bryce
Marianne Faithfull	...	Dr. Langenkamp
Sarah Wayne Callies	...	Francine
Valentina Vargas	...	Nina
Kate Yacula	...	Anna #2 - in hospital mirror
Apollonia Vanova	...	Anna #4 - in make-up mirror
Nels Lennarson	...	Kerrest #2
Chris Kalhoon	...	Kerrest #3
Aaron Hughes	...	Man #1 / Man #2
Aaron Grain	...	Lanyon #2
Michael James	...	Lanyon #3
Jason Wishnowski	...	Lanyon #4

Storyline

The elementary school teacher Anna Marchant lives with her boyfriend Bryce in a nice apartment and every now and then she meets her best friends Francine and Nina to drink and talk. When Anna is crossing a bridge to meet Bryce, she sees an infamous serial-killer killing a woman. Anna runs but she is attacked by the killer and she falls off the bridge and hits her head. Anna stays in coma for a week and when she awakes, she learns that she has brain damage followed by Prosopagnosia, a disorder of face perception where the ability to recognize faces is impaired, while the ability to recognize other objects may be relatively intact. The police detective Sam Kerrest unsuccessfully tries to force Anna to remember the face of the serial-killer. Now the serial-killer knows that Anna has seen his face, but she is incapable of even recognizing Bryce and her close friends.

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Plot Keywords:

hypnotism | rape | face | recognize | bridge | 

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Taglines:

She saw the killer's face, but it keeps changing...

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Romance | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for disturbing violent content and some sexuality

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site [Japan]

Country:

USA France Canada UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 October 2011 (Turkey)

Also Known As:

Faces

Filming Locations:

Downtown, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$15,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Minds Eye Entertainment, Frantic Films Live Action Productions, Radar Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

103 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The specialist Anna sees to help her cope with her disease is H. Langenkamp - a reference to Heather Langenkamp, the actress who played the would-be victim of fellow razor-blade killer Freddy Krueger in A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984).

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Goofs

Anna checks her Facebook account where her birthday is shown as Jan 22nd. However, on a couple of occasions, she is shown to be checking her newspaper horoscope under the 'Taurus' section. A person born on Jan 22nd is a Capricorn/Aquarius cusp.

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Quotes

Dr. Langenkamp: Everyone always goes on about sight, hearing, smelling. But there's another sense. A hidden one. The Japanese call it mooka. It's the sense that allows you to walk without having to thinking about putting one foot in front of the other. You loose this sense and you will become like some of my other patients. Socially paralyzed, withdrawing from the world into the safety of isolation. That's a tempting option.
Anna Marchant: I don't want that. I want to live normally.
Dr. Langenkamp: Every day people are going to resent you ...
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Connections

References A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)

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Soundtracks

2000 Faces
Written by George Acogny and Nils Jiptner

User Reviews

Could Have Been a Good Movie

The elementary school teacher Anna Marchant (Milla Jovovich) lives with her boyfriend Bryce (Michael Shanks) in a nice apartment and every now and then she meets her best friends Francine (Sarah Wayne Callies) and Nina (Valentina Vargas) to drink and talk. When Anna is crossing a bridge to meet Bryce, she sees the infamous serial-killer Tearjerk Jack killing a woman. Anna runs but she is attacked by the killer and she falls off the bridge and hits her head on a structure.

Anna stays in coma for a week and when she awakes, she learns that she had a brain damage followed by Prosopagnosia, a disorder of face perception where the ability to recognize faces is impaired, while the ability to recognize other objects may be relatively intact. The police detective Sam Kerrest (Julian McMahon) unsuccessfully tries to force Anna to remember the face of the serial-killer. Now the serial-killer knows that Anna has seen his face, but she is incapable to even recognize Bryce and her close friends.

"Faces in the Crowd" could have been a good movie, but unfortunately is just an average thriller. This is the first time that I hear anything about Prosopagnosia, and this theme could have been better explored.

The gorgeous Sarah Wayne Callies, from "Prison Break" and "The Walking Dead", wears an awful haircut. My vote is five.

Title (Brazil): "Visões de um Crime" ("Visions of a Crime")