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Synopsis: Eight talented candidates have reached the final stage of selection to join the ranks of a mysterious and powerful corporation. Entering a windowless room, an Invigilator gives them eighty minutes to answer one simple question. He outlines three rules they must obey or be disqualified: don't talk to him or the armed guard by the door, don't spoil their papers and don't leave the room. He starts the clock and leaves. The candidates turn over their question papers, only to find they're completely blank. After the initial confusion has subsided, one frustrated candidate writes 'I believe I deserve...,' and is promptly ejected for spoiling. The remaining candidates soon figure out they're permitted to talk to each other, and they agree to cooperate in order to figure out the question: then they can compete to answer it. At first they suspect the question may be hidden in their papers like a security marker in a credit card, and they figure out ways to change their environment to expose the
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Director(s): Stuart Hazeldine
Production: Bedlam Productions
  Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 2 wins & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.9
Rotten Tomatoes:
63%
NOT RATED
Year:
2009
101 min
Website
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and one answer is required.

That doesn't mean

it's the same question

for each of us.

There could be eight

different questions and answers.

Yeah, all right,

let's cross that bridge later.

If we find one question,

we can find them all.

Not necessarily,

not if our eight

individual questions

can only be revealed

using eight different methods.

Perhaps we're not meant

to cooperate at all.

Oh, I like that idea.

Or there could be

only one question

printed on only one

of our sheets.

Then we'd need to cooperate

at the highest level.

Time-out for some testing.

Everyone up to the light.

Look, I told you.

They're not gonna make it

that easy, are they?

Unless you want to make a list

of our brain waves, White,

I suggest

we cross off a few as we go.

Fine.

Allow me.

Thank you.

Yeah, join in any time, Deaf.

You're not one for small talk,

are you?

Come on.

Yeah, all right, relax.

You'll get it back.

All right, like I said,

I think we can strike light

off the list.

Light is a spectrum.

There's light we can see,

but there's also light

we can't see,

like ultraviolet,

infrared, x-rays.

Mate, look,

if we can't see it,

how are we supposed to find it?

The source must be visible,

even if the light isn't.

Right?

Find the light switches.

There aren't any.

Not in here anyway, and...

If you choose to leave

this room for any reason...

We'll be disqualified.

There must be some way

to trigger these.

This is emergency lighting.

So let's create

an emergency.

That would be very risky.

Well, it's less risky

than doing nothing, isn't it?

He is right.

If we try this and fail,

we can't go back.

Blackout.

We vote.

Those too.

Nice.

Very nice.

Touch of blue

what you wanted?

This is black light,

the kind credit card firms use

to reveal

their security symbols.

Yeah, well, it's a shame

we didn't apply

to work for Visa.

Our gamble

might have paid off.

It did pay off,

just not in the way

you wanted.

You acted,

and the room reacted.

We've entered a dialogue now.

We should keep going.

Yeah, maybe.

Maybe not.

Sorry, it was invisible light

you said you wanted, yeah?

Because this looks

pretty f***ing visible to me.

The scientific term for it

is "near-ultraviolet. "

It didn't work,

but it was worth trying.

Well, if nothing else,

we should come out of here

with great tans.

We've got to knock these out

too.

The top halves of these strips

aren't lit.

Look.

Infrared,

the other option.

That exposes something too?

It's less common than UV,

but yes.

Art historians use it

to make reflectograms

of sketch outlines

beneath paintings.

If there's a hidden layer

in our papers...

Carefully.

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Stuart Hazeldine

Stuart Hazeldine (born 10 June 1971 in Surrey, England) is a British screenwriter, film producer and director. He is best known for his 2009 psychological thriller Exam, for which he was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer. He also directed the 2017 film adaptation of William P. Young's novel The Shack. He currently resides in London. more…

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