Sam Was Here (2016)

California, Mojave Desert, 1998. A strange glow appears in the sky. Sam, a forty-something door-to-door salesman, travels through the few inhabited zones of the Californian desert in search... See full summary »

Director:

Christophe Deroo

Writers:

Christophe Deroo, Clement Tuffreau

Stars:

Rusty Joiner, Sigrid La Chapelle, Rhoda Pell

Cast

Cast overview:
Rusty Joiner	...	Sam
Sigrid La Chapelle	...	Eddy
Rhoda Pell	...	Rebecca Saxton
Hassan Galedary	...	Thomas Payne

Storyline

California, Mojave Desert, 1998. A strange glow appears in the sky. Sam, a forty-something door-to-door salesman, travels through the few inhabited zones of the Californian desert in search of clients, yet everything seems deserted. What's more, his wife won't answer his calls. It's as if everyone were avoiding him. When his car breaks down, Sam becomes a prisoner of the empty, hostile environment. Alone and without human contact for days on end, he listens continuously to a talk-show on the only local radio station. The host, a man named Eddy, takes calls from listeners who share their thoughts on a child killer at large in the area. At the same time, Sam starts getting psychologically harassed by strange threats he receives on his pager. Gradually, people begin to reappear and attempt to kill him. Sam has become a target and he must now defend himself. Little by little he loses it, caught up in a paranoid identity crisis. Is he truly the killer they're after, or is he being driven ...

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Plot Keywords:

alone | answering machine | car | car breakdown | car stereo | 

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Genres:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

The director himself told that the ending was not so important to be understood, but only the atmosphere, like a painting.

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Goofs

While calling Eddy on the payphone, Sam dials the wrong phone number.

User Reviews

please give me back my 72 minutes

I have been watching movies since I was 10 and I am 46 years old now and this movie is in the top 5 boring stupid movies I have ever seen .. it started good and pull me in and I wanted to know why is everything happening to sam ..

the ending was so bad and boring ..

its not horror and its not Thriller it starts as a Mystery and ends in Mystery ..

and sorry English is not my language ..

but this movie is a waste of time ..

Details

Country:

France USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 April 2017 (France)

Also Known As:

A Deusa da Vingança

Filming Locations:

El Mirage, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

KuroKitsu, Vixens, Firm Studio

Technical Specs

Runtime:

75 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1