Birth Page #2

Synopsis: Anna is a young widow who is finally getting on with her life after the death of her husband, Sean. Now engaged to be married, Anna meets a ten-year-old boy who tells her he is Sean reincarnated. Though his story is both unsettling and absurd, Anna can't get the boy out of her mind. And much to the concern of her fiancé, her increased contact with him leads her to question the choices she has made in her life.
Director(s): Jonathan Glazer
Production: New Line Cinema
  Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 2 wins & 17 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.1
Metacritic:
50
Rotten Tomatoes:
39%
R
Year:
2004
100 min
$5,005,883
Website
852 Views


Everything all right?

I just need to talk to his father.

I'll be right back.

What's wrong?

- Everything's fine.

- Who are you?

Joseph from upstairs.

Yeah, sure.

What's wrong?

- Well--

- What's wrong? What's the problem?

I need to talk to you

about your son.

I'll be right back.

I want you to tell her right now that you'll

never see her or bother her again.

I can't.

Tell her you'll never see her

or bother her again.

No.

- Do it.

- No.

Tell her, Sean.

I can't.

Why did you write this?

Why did you go into her house?

I needed to talk to her.

Well, I want you to tell her right now that

you'll never see her or bother her again.

- No.

- Sean, tell her.

- No.

- You're hurting me.

Sean, tell her you'll never see her

or bother her again.

I can't.

Do you understand that?

- Say it.

- I can't.

I don't want you

to bother me again.

We're gonna be late.

Thank you.

Well done.

I don't know.

I just think it's

a little bit funny, that's all.

No, it's not funny.

I'm taking it out of context.

He says that he's somebody else,

and he believes that he is.

That's ridiculous.

I don't know these people.

I don't know who they are.

These people have money,

that's all.

And he wrote this woman a letter.

He's, um...

He wrote her a letter

not to marry this guy.

Permission to turn off

the light, sir.

Permission to turn off the light.

The men are talking

below deck, sir.

They're talking mutiny.

It's your responsibility

to steer the ship.

It's just seasickness, sir.

I'm not your stupid son anymore.

Go to the principal and explain

why you're late for my class!

Anna...

You're being silly about this.

Meet me at the park.

You know where.

I thought you and Joseph

were going to talk to him.

We did.

- So why's he calling the house?

- I don't know.

What was the message?

He said he wanted you to go

and meet him in the park.

That you'd know where to go.

That's what he said.

You think this is a game?

You think this is funny?

No.

What if Bob comes

to my house and tests me?

How do you know Bob?

He was my brother-in-law.

If he asks me some questions

and I get them right, will you believe me?

Will you believe me?

Who told me

there wasn't a Santa Claus?

I'll know them when I see them.

You're just a little boy.

It's amazing.

It is.

I can't figure it out.

Me neither.

He knewwhere Sean died.

I'm tired.

Let's sleep.

We'll get him.

I'm going to tape this... okay?

I'm not a psychiatrist.

I'm not a therapist.

I'm just a regular doctor.

You know...

if you were my brother-in-law,

you'd say it was impossible for you

to be sitting right here in front of me.

You didn't believe

in life after death.

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Jean-Claude Carrière

Jean-Claude Carrière (French: [ka.ʁjɛʁ]; born 17 September 1931) is a French novelist, screenwriter, actor, and Academy Award honoree. He was an alumnus of the École normale supérieure de Saint-Cloud and was president of La Fémis, the French state film school. Carrière was a frequent collaborator with Luis Buñuel on the screenplays of Buñuel's late French films. more…

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