THE 9TH LIFE OF LOUIS DRAX (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Jamie Dornan (Fifty Shades of Grey), Sarah Gadon (Belle), Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad), Aiden Longworth (Hector and the Search for Happiness), Oliver Platt (Frost/Nixon), Molly Parker (House of Cards), Julian Wadham (Now Is Good), Jane McGregor (Slap Her… She’s French), Barbara Hershey (Black Swan)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Alexandre Aja (The Hills Have Eyes), director, producer; Max Minghella (film debut), writer, producer; Tim Bricknell (The Two Faces of January) and Shawn Williamson (BloodRayne), producers; Patrick Watson (The Flood), composer; Maxime Alexandre (Mirrors), cinematographer; Baxter (Horns), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Nine-year-old Louis Drax (Longworth) is a boy who has experienced a lifelong series of curious mishaps, the latest ending with him in a coma after a near-fatal fall. Celebrated neurologist Dr. Allan Pascal (Dornan) soon becomes obsessed with discovering the truth about the young boy’s constant avoidance of death, even as he begins to dive into the lives of his grieving parents (Gadon and Paul)…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Promising a whole bunch of strange psychological and supernatural twists, The 9th Life of Louis Drax should be a creepy and even fascinating discovery from frequent horror director Alexandre Aja.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 2ND SEPTEMBER 2016

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