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Resurrection (2022 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Resurrection' is a 2022 American psychological thriller film written and directed by Andrew Semans. It stars Rebecca Hall, Grace Kaufman, Michael Esper, and Tim Roth. The plot follows Margaret (Hall) as she tries to maintain control of her life when an abusive ex-boyfriend (Roth) re-appears in her vicinity. The film was shot in Albany, New York. It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2022, and was released in the United States on July 29, 2022, by IFC Films. The film received generally positive reviews from critics, who noted flaws in the story's execution but commended Hall's performance in the lead role.
Plot
Margaret is a composed, successful businesswoman living in Albany, New York and single mother to Abbie, who is about to go off to college. She has an affair with Peter, her married co-worker. One day, Abbie finds a tooth in her wallet. While sleeping with Peter, Margaret misses a phone call from Abbie, who had a biking accident while drunk. During a work conference, Margaret notices David, a man from her past, also attending, has a panic attack and runs home, where she prevents Abbie from seeing a friend.
That night Margaret has a nightmare about finding a baby in the oven. She becomes irritable and attempts to have sex with Peter at their workplace. She sees David again while shopping and runs off with Abbie, who shuts herself off from her mother, worried about her behavior. After another panic attack at work, Margaret confronts David. David claims that "Ben is with me", which upsets her. When he smiles, a tooth is missing from his mouth. She goes to the police, but they refuse to interfere. She has new locks installed and arms herself with a gun.
One night after work, Margaret tells Gwyn, an intern in an abusive relationship, about David. She met him when she was 18 at a research facility she travelled to with her biologist parents. He charmed her family, giving her alcohol and pills. She moved in with him after two weeks. David soon became abusive and controlling, asking Margaret for kindnesses in return for his love, which included hour-long meditations, burning herself with cigarettes, and fasting for days. She gave birth to a son named Benjamin at home. David became jealous of Margarets love for their son and one day she returned home to find all but two fingers from Benjamin gone. David claimed to have eaten him. Margaret became catatonic and David manipulated her into believing their dead son was alive inside him. She eventually fled to America.
Margaret finds David's hotel and follows him to a diner, where she asks him to leave. David continues to manipulate her and asks her for a "kindness": she is to walk barefoot to work instead of driving. He also implies that he is responsible for Abbie's biking accident. He leaves a key, which Margaret uses to enter his hotel room, where she finds Ben's baby blanket. She wakes up the next day lactating. She starts to map out David's routine and plans to kill him at a bench near a river. Abbie and Peter ask her to seek help. Margaret scolds Abbie, who says she is scared of her mother and will leave if she does not seek help.
Margaret tries to follow through on her plan to kill David, but he overpowers her. A delusional and exhausted Margaret hears Ben's cries from David's stomach. David chastises Margaret for trying to kill him and asks for another "kindness": she is to hold a complicated yoga position in a public park at night for hours. The next morning, a scared Abbie runs away from Margaret, who sees Peter spying on her. He confesses his love to her, but she punches and threatens him. David visits Margaret at work where he belittles her life and asks her to come to a hotel room that night, which she does after writing a goodbye letter to Abbie and recording a video message. David makes Margaret feel his stomach and claims that Ben is moving. Margaret attacks him with a knife she hid. David overpowers her but she has another knife hidden in her socks. She stabs him in the side and David stabs her in the back. She then slices his left achilles tendon, ties him up to the bed, and slices open his stomach, from which he dies. She pulls out his intestines, apparently finding a breathing fetus that she holds with care.
Abbie is seen leaving home for college. She lovingly says goodbye to Margaret, who is holding the baby. Abbie thanks her for keeping her safe as Margaret allows her to hold the baby herself. However, Margaret's smile slowly fades away before she gasps in terror.
Cast
* Rebecca Hall as Margaret
* Tim Roth as David
* Grace Kaufman as Abbie
* Michael Esper as Peter
* Angela Wong Carbone as Gwyn
Production
Andrew Semans' screenplay made the 2019 Black List of most popular un-produced scripts from up-and-coming screenwriters. Producer Alex Scharfman stated "I just could not stop reading it" when he first happened upon the script.
Principal photography took place on location in Albany, New York in summer 2021 and later in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. It was then announced Rebecca Hall and Tim Roth were attached to star in the film.
Release
It premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2022. IFC Films then acquired the North American theatrical and VOD distribution rights to the film, with Shudder taking the first streaming window. It was released on July 29, 2022, in a limited release prior to being released on video on demand on August 5, 2022.
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