Dahlia and her five-year-old daughter are ready to begin a new life together. But their new apartment — dilapidated and worn — suddenly seems to take on a life of its own. Mysterious noises, persistent leaks of dark water and other strange happenings send Dahlia on a haunting and mystifying pursuit — one that unleashes a torrent of living nightmares.
Acting
Connelly's unraveling—wet-eyed, desperate, magnificent.
Direction
Salles brings Latin American sorrow to American J-horror.
Production
That apartment—every leak feels personally attacking.
Director
Walter Salles
Jennifer Connelly
Dahlia Williams
John C. Reilly
Mr. Murray
Tim Roth
Jeff Platzer
Dougray Scott
Kyle Williams
Pete Postlethwaite
Veeck
Ariel Gade
Ceci
Camryn Manheim
Teacher
Perla Haney-Jardine
Natasha / Young Dahlia
Debra Monk
Young Dahlia's Teacher
Linda Emond
Mediator
Bill Buell
Mediator
Kate Hewlett
Teacher's Aide
J.R. Horne
Man in train
Elina Löwensohn
Dahlia's Mother
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Salles hadn't seen the original Japanese film before signing—he wanted fresh eyes on the material.
The water motif mirrors Dahlia's drowning identity: mother, wife, self—everything leaking away.
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