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The Monitor (2011)

Babycall (original title)
R | | Horror, Thriller | 7 October 2011 (Norway)
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After a baby monitor picks up another channel, Anna begins reliving the nightmare she'd recently escaped.

Director:

Pål Sletaune

Writer:

Pål Sletaune

Stars:

Noomi Rapace, Kristoffer Joner, Vetle Qvenild Werring | See full cast & crew »
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Noomi Rapace ... Anna
Kristoffer Joner ... Helge
Vetle Qvenild Werring Vetle Qvenild Werring ... Anders
Stig R. Amdam Stig R. Amdam ... Ole (as Stig Amdam)
Maria Bock ... Grete
Torkil Høeg Torkil Høeg ... Nabogutten (as Torkil Johannes Swensen Høeg)
Henrik Rafaelsen ... Mannlig doktor
Tom Hugo Nielsen Tom Hugo Nielsen ... Skoleinspektør
Mona Engh Mona Engh ... Sekretær
Eva Zeidler Eva Zeidler ... Helges mor
Kaia Varjord Kaia Varjord ... Politikvinne
Camilla Augusta Hallan Camilla Augusta Hallan ... Kvinnelig doktor (as Camilla Augusta S. Hallan)
Haakon Gjerløw Haakon Gjerløw ... Butikkansatt 1
Frank Jørstad Frank Jørstad ... Butikkansatt 2
Bjørn Moan Bjørn Moan ... Nabomannen
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Storyline

After escaping an abusive husband Anna and her 8 year old son move to a secret location in a giant apartment building. Terrified that her ex-husband will find them she buys a baby monitor to keep in her son's room at all times. But strange noises echo in the baby monitor from elsewhere in the building. As she witnesses the sounds of what she believes is another child being murdered she fears it is her own. Reliving the nightmare she recently escaped Anna will need to figure out what's real and what isn't before she loses her sanity and her child. Written by Elizabeth Obermeier, Marketing Manager

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Plot Keywords:

baby monitor | death | delusion | female protagonist | suicide | See All (14) »

Genres:

Horror | Thriller

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for some violence | See all certifications »

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Official Sites:

Official site [Japan] | Official site [Norway]

Country:

Norway | Germany | Sweden

Language:

Norwegian | Swedish | English

Release Date:

7 October 2011 (Norway) See more »

Also Known As:

The Monitor See more »
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Budget:

NOK 25,000,000 (estimated)
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Company Credits

Production Co:

4 1/2 Film, Pandora Filmproduktion, BOB Film Sweden AB See more »
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Dolby Digital

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Color
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Woman well beyond the verge of a nervous breakdown.
1 February 2012 | by nick-yeo-main – See all my reviews

Anna moves into hiding in a shabby flat in an apartment building outside Oslo, with her young son Anders. She is a profoundly neurotic, young woman: terrified that the boy's violent father will find them again and attack her son.

Having been instructed by social services that Anders should sleep in his own room, she buys a baby-monitor from a local shop, in order that she can hear him sleep. However she starts picking up the sounds of violence from a nearby flat.

Unable to tell the difference between her psychosis induced world and reality, she seeks help from Helge, the shy sales assistant who sold her the monitor.

Just because she's paranoid, doesn't mean they're not out to get her.. but it does make it difficult to piece together the story, told mostly from her desperately disturbed perspective.

This film won the Grand Prize at the Gerardmer Film Festival in France: it is really worth a look.
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