On a South African plantation, a maniac is on the loose, first killing the estate's animals, then starting on the human members.
Ray Austin
Director
Mark Burns
Sir Michael Brattling / Dr. Breckinridge Brattling
Shirley Anne Field
Mary Anne Carew
David Oxley
Dr. Collinson
Margaret Inglis
Lady Brattling
Dia Sydow
Lina
Lynne Maree
Annie
Bill Flynn
Simeon
Ronald France
Col. Pringle
William Baird Clark
Capt. Turner
Don Furnival
Brand
Pieter Geldenhuys
Shoemaker
It’s passionately protective of the women mentioned in the story or appearing on screen. Just like the article and the #MeToo movement, the film could help a trapped person find the courage to fight back.
Not every silence is empty. Some are filled with things too heavy for words.
This film is a splendid mix of mediums, but its strength lies in its simplicity and beautiful message of closeness.
As this critic continues to look back at some of this Summer's films I have taken in, I would be remiss if I didn't mention one of the most overall unsettling trends in Hollywood over the last several years.....sequels, reboots, and remakes. Look, I am all for seeing more than one film for certain originals that made a splash, ie: "Jurassic Park", "Pirates of the Caribbean", "Transformers", etc.
In ‘The Owl House’ protagonist Luz Noceda stumbles across a portal to another dimension where magic exists, called The Boiling Isles.
"A Drowning Man" (2017) explores the unseen aspects of the Refugee Crisis. In, 15 far-too-short minutes, viewers are given a detailed snapshot of what it's like for a refugee to drown in the waters of poverty and otherness while trying to navigate a land whose promise has worn off, and only 'strange' remains.