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Synopsis: Simon and Robyn are a young married couple whose life is going just as planned until a chance encounter with an acquaintance from Simon's high school sends their world into a harrowing tailspin. Simon doesn't recognize Gordo at first, but after a series of uninvited encounters and mysterious gifts prove troubling, a horrifying secret from the past is uncovered after more than 20 years. As Robyn learns the unsettling truth about what happened between Simon and Gordo, she starts to question: how well do we really know the people closest to us, and are past bygones ever really bygones?
Director(s): Joel Edgerton
Production: STX Entertainment
  2 wins & 12 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Metacritic:
77
Rotten Tomatoes:
92%
R
Year:
2015
108 min
$33,061,006
Website
3,244 Views


- That's very considerate.

Thank you.

And that's me.

There you are. Gordo.

Oh, and...

- Here you go. Yeah.

- What is it? Glass cleaner?

- For cleaning glass.

- Right.

- I saw how much you had.

- Yeah.

- There you go.

- Thank you.

Welcome.

Very sweet of you.

Thanks, Gordo.

I gotta say,

I really, I love this house.

You do? Huh.

Wow.

Yeah, I really like

this style of architecture.

Well, you should come in

and take the tour then.

I'm sure Simon will be back soon.

- Come on in.

- Oh, all right.

- Yeah. Come on in.

- Sure?

- Yeah. It's fine.

- Okay.

He's so excited not to be

cooped up in a condo anymore.

That's the laundry

room slash Jangles' room.

Down there is some storage.

That is going to be Simon's office.

Bedroom, or studio

for me, I'm hoping.

And in here is the...

Oh, yeah. I was just

sorting all that stuff out.

Hmm.

Yeah, I know.

It was a gift and then it turned out that

Simon has a phobia of monkeys

from when he was a kid.

He's like, terrified.

I have to get rid of it. You want it?

Do you have a baby?

No. No.

Just the dog, for now.

Mr. Bojangles, after the song.

I'm going to move that stuff around

the back there and then plant

and, I don't know,

maybe fill a pond here up with fish,

since it's just sitting there, and yeah...

I mean that's pretty much it.

It's going to come up looking real nice.

It's already great.

Thank you.

I should go and check on that.

In fact, there's plenty of food.

I'm not that great a cook,

but why don't

I check in with Simon,

and maybe we can

all eat together?

Oh, I don't want to...

Yeah.

Hey, it's me.

I'm cooking, believe it or not,

and we have a guest.

Call me.

Well. Good.

You know, I often think about

this person from school

- and that person from school.

- Yeah?

About what are they up to,

what are they doing, and I often...

But I always knew that Simon

would be one of those people

who would make something of himself.

You have. Clearly,

you have. And you did.

I mean, I'm very happy for you.

- Thank you.

- I am. I'm very happy for you.

Want a little more?

Oh, please.

No problem.

So you never see

anybody from high school?

What about Greg?

Greg Pierson.

No, I really, I haven't talked to anybody

since the day we graduated.

You want more pasta?

- Oh, no, I'm fine.

- You sure?

You were such good friends.

Not sure he needs

any more of that.

- Really?

- Yeah.

Okay.

So, Simon, Robyn says that

you work in security systems.

Yeah, security for

large corporations.

Like in, you know,

information protection.

Yeah. Complicated stuff.

- Complicated?

- Yeah, but I only sell it.

I don't know how to use it.

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Joel Edgerton

Joel Edgerton (born 23 June 1974) is an Australian actor, director, writer, producer and filmmaker. He has starred in numerous Hollywood films, such as Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002), Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005), Warrior (2011), Zero Dark Thirty (2012), The Great Gatsby (2013), Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014), Black Mass (2015), Bright (2017), It Comes at Night (2017), and Red Sparrow (2018).In Australia, Edgerton portrayed Will McGill in the drama series The Secret Life of Us (2001–02), for which he won the AACTA Award for Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama. He has also appeared in several Australian films, such as The Square (2008), Animal Kingdom (2010), for which he won the AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Wish You Were Here (2012), and Felony (2013). In 2015, Edgerton received a nomination for the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – First-Time Feature Film for The Gift, a psychological horror-thriller film Edgerton wrote, directed, co-produced, and in which he co-starred. Edgerton garnered further critical acclaim for his performance as Richard Loving in the 2016 historical drama Loving, for which he received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. more…

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