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Synopsis: In a remote town in Ireland, eleven-year-old Niamh finds herself the sole survivor of a bloody massacre that killed her parents and younger brother. Suspecting a gang of homicidal vandals, the police ignore Niamh's explanation that the house is the culprit. To help ease her trauma, dutiful neighbors Nat and Lucas take her in with the supervision of a social worker. Niamh has trouble finding peace with the wholesome and nurturing couple, and horrific danger continues to manifest.
Genre: Horror
Director(s): Marina de Van
Production: IFC Midnight
  3 wins & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
4.8
Metacritic:
64
Rotten Tomatoes:
70%
NOT RATED
Year:
2013
90 min
Website
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Inhabit our planet.

Are you all right?

Yes.

Neve..

Aren't you coming outside?

Yes.

why is she here?

It's her..

..The murderer.

She killed 'em.

Killed her family,

and peter and emily's mum.

Hey!

What's going on here?

Come on, break it up.

Break it up.

What are you doing?

Why are you being so mean?

Lucy!

Come on, come on.

Stop being so nasty.

Neve, wait. Neve!

Back, back.

Come on, go play.

Come here, come here.

You're having

your birthday party,

I want you to invite her

at the weekend, okay?

No, mummy, please no.

Yes, darling, come on.

it's okay.

But I have to go

and check on neve,

She's in there

on her own, okay?

She's got nobody,

and you've got me

and you've got daddy, okay?

Okay.

Okay?

Okay.

Now, go on.

Be good.

Neve.

Shall we go back

to the classroom?

Well, then..

I'm having a birthday party

on Saturday.

You can come.

My mum will explain.

Let's stay concentrated,

please.

Got to get out.

Sit back down, neve.

It'll soon be break time,

and I'll come down to you.

Got to get out of here!

Neve..

Come on,

come with me.

What's the matter?

Come on, we'll ask someone

to bring us two lunch trays,

And we can eat

in the office.

Just the two of us, okay?

Are you okay?

It's it's me.

I'm I'm the one

who does all that.

I make objects move

when I cry.

I made I made them

kill my parents.

Peter and emily's mother.

Neve, what are you

going on about?

No one can do that.

It's not your fault

if bad things happen.

Come on.

Let's go eat.

And how is everything going

in nat and lucas's?

Are they nice to you?

They keep talking to me.

Hugging me,

smiling at me.

And don't you like smiles?

A smile is kind, isn't it?

Well, you're right, it

depends.

But you can usually tell

if someone's smile

Is kind or nasty,

can't you?

I heard you'd been invited

To anne's birthday party

on Saturday.

That's great.

I bet you will have

lots of fun.

I used to have little parties

when I was young.

Well, I already told you

about the one with the big dog.

But there were others.

You want to touch it?

Hey.

You already know each other,

don't you?

But maybe you don't know

That matthew collins

is my baby's daddy.

Well, there are a lot

of unanswered questions here.

She was assaulted that night

the first murders took place.

Maybe by that gang.

Ah, I don't know.

I'm wondering if it doesn't

go further back..

..If it's not her parents

that abused her that night..

..And even before.

She's got all the symptoms

of an abused child.

And look at

peter and emily's mother..

it's a strange coincidence.

Try to think about

something else for a while.

For our sakes, and the

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Marina de Van

Marina de Van (French: [də van]; born 8 February 1971) is a French film director, screenwriter and actress. Her film, Don't Look Back, was screened out of competition at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. more…

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