Before I Go to Sleep (2014)

A woman wakes up every day, remembering nothing as a result of a traumatic accident in her past. One day, new terrifying truths emerge that force her to question everyone around her.

Director:

Rowan Joffe

Writers:

Rowan Joffe, S.J. Watson (based on the novel by)

Stars:

Nicole Kidman, Colin Firth, Mark Strong

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Nicole Kidman	...	Christine
Colin Firth	...	Ben
Mark Strong	...	Dr. Nasch
Ben Crompton	...	Warehouse Caretaker
Anne-Marie Duff	...	Claire
Adam Levy	...	Ben
Gabriel Strong	...	Boy on Bike
Flynn MacArthur	...	Boy in Dream (as Flynn Macarthur)
Dean-Charles Chapman	...	Adam

Storyline

Forty year old Christine Lucas wakes up in bed with a man she does not know, in an unfamiliar house. The man explains that he is her husband, Ben, and that she suffered brain damage from a car accident ten years earlier. Christine wakes up every morning with no memory of her life from her early twenties onwards. Christine receives treatment from Dr. Nasch, a neurologist at a local hospital who provides her a camera to record her thoughts and progress each day, and calls her every morning to remind her to watch the video in the camera. Soon, she starts to discover the truth around her.

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Plot Keywords:

amnesia | infidelity | memory | therapist | female nudity | 

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Taglines:

Remember Who To Trust.

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Genres:

Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for some brutal violence and language

Did You Know?

Trivia

Director Rowan Joffe's own mother suffers from amnesia.

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Goofs

During the first time Dr.Nasch is driving, in a right-hand-drive car, the car is shown coming around a long right curve in a parking garage and he is on the right (wrong side of the road for England). However, that isn't a two-way road - it's simply the Down ramp into an underground garage, where the exit is a separate Up ramp.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Christine: Who are you?
Ben: I'm your husband... Ben.
Christine: What?
Ben: We got married in 1999. That was 14 years ago. Christine, you're 40.
[hands her her clothes]
Ben: You had an accident. It was a bad accident. You had head injuries. And you have problems remembering things.
Christine: What things? What...?
Ben: Everything. You store up information for a day, and when you wake up in the morning, it's all gone. You're back to your early 20s. You'll be okay. Just... trust me.
Christine: I'm scared.

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Connections

Spoofs Fringe (2008)

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Soundtracks

Girls On Top
Written by Nina Ossoff, Dana Calitri and Martin Briley
Published by Wild Pink Music / Speak-A-Mouse Music / Martin Briley Music / BOK Music / Dana Calitri Music

User Reviews

Loved the twist!

As usual, Nicole & Colin were great and the twist that happens within the movie was unexpected!

Details

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Country:

UK USA France Sweden

Language:

English

Release Date:

31 October 2014 (USA)

Also Known As:

Before I Go to Sleep

Filming Locations:

Blythe House, 23 Blythe Road, West Kensington, London, England, UK

Box Office

Budget:

$22,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$1,843,347, 2 November 2014

Gross USA:

$3,242,457

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$17,669,776

Company Credits

Production Co:

Scott Free Productions, Millennium Films, StudioCanal

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1