Eight years after their daughter Cassandra's abduction tore them apart, an estranged couple discover disturbing clues that indicate that she is still alive.
Cinematography
Niagara Falls as cold, indifferent witness to horror.
Acting
Reynolds simmers with restrained devastation.
Direction
Egoyan's fractured timeline mirrors broken psyches.
Director
Atom Egoyan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Egoyan filmed at his actual Toronto home for Matthew's house, making the hollow domestic spaces uncomfortably personal.
The film was savaged at Cannes but has developed a small reappraisal cult — largely for its genuinely disturbing villain and Reynolds against-type performance.
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