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 | nudity | therapist | female nudity | 

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Taglines:

Who Do You Trust?

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Genres:

Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for some brutal violence and language

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official Twitter

Country:

UK USA France Sweden

Language:

English

Release Date:

31 October 2014 (USA)

Also Known As:

Antes de despertar

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, 31 October 2014, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$2,963,012, 7 November 2014

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

Did You Know?

Trivia

This movie marks Nicole's and Colin's 2nd on-screen collaboration, after The Railway Man (2013).

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Goofs

Christine first records a video of herself saying, "You're my lover, you're my protector, and my life is nothing, nothing without you." A moment later, she plays the same recording back to her husband, but this time it says, "You're my lover, you're my protector, you're my... you're my everything." Later on, she plays it back again, and again it is slightly different: "You're my lover, you're my protector, you're my everything."

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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

You Keep Me Hangin' On
Performed by The Supremes
Written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier (uncredited) and
Eddie Holland (as Holland, James Jnr)
Published by Jobete Music/EMI Music Publishing Ltd
Courtesy of Motown Records
Under license from Universal Music Operations Limited

User Reviews

Fascinating Suspense Thriller

The plot of the film is similar to 50 First Dates, where a woman wakes up each morning forgetting everything that happened in her past after her accident that caused the amnesia. However, the film does a good job keeping the audience guessing who is real and who the true villain is until the very end. There were a few times that my jaw was on the ground, eyes were wide, I grasped the seat and stopped breathing when a new plot twist appeared. The trailers for this film do not do it justice. I was completely entertained and enjoyed the film.

There is only one sex scene, no nudity, but there are a few brutal violence scenes as well as some strong language in this film. I would not recommend this film for young viewers. The film is only 90 minutes, but it moves fast and new things are revealed throughout the film. I would not recommend leaving the film once it starts as you may miss a key scene.