REGRESSION (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Ethan Hawke (Boyhood), Emma Watson (Harry Potter), David Dencik (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), David Thewlis (The Theory of Everything), Devon Bostick (Land of the Dead), Dale Dickey (Winter’s Bone), Aaron Ashmore (Palo Alto), Lothaire Bluteau (Bent), Adam Butcher (Saint Ralph), Peter MacNeill (The Hanging Garden), Kristian Bruun (Life), Aaron Abrams (Amelia)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Alejandro Amenábar (The Others), director, writer, producer; Fernando Bovaira (The Sea Inside) and Christina Piovesan (Life), producers; Roque Baños (Sexy Beast), composer; Daniel Aranyó (7 Days in Havana), cinematographer; Carolina Martínez Urbina (Zip & Zap and the Marble Gang), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Minnesota, 1990. Detective Bruce Kenner (Hawke) heads an investigation into the case of young woman Angela Gray (Watson), who accuses her father John (Dencik) of sexually abusing her despite not having any memories of such. John is brought in for questioning, but to Kenner’s surprise he almost instantly confesses to molesting his daughter. Kenner, along with psychiatrist Kenneth Raines (Thewlis), dive into the memories of both father and daughter, and what they discover unmasks a disturbing and horrifying nationwide mystery…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Regression is a dark and disturbing study of an unspeakable crime that soon becomes something far more sinister and threatening.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 9TH OCTOBER 2015

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