Film

The Others 2001

Directed by Alejandro Amenábar

  • Horror, Mystery, Thriller
  • 101 min
  • PG-13

Sooner or later they’ll find you.

Grace is a woman who lives in an old house kept dark because her two children, Anne and Nicholas, have a rare sensitivity to light. When the family begins to suspect the house is haunted, Grace fights to protect her children at any cost in the face of strange events and disturbing visions.

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Earnest, grave, intimate and classical in form.

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