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Starring: Anna Paquin, Lena Olin, Iain Glen, Stephan Enquist, Giancarlo Giannini
Directed by: Jaume Balaguero
Screenplay by: Jaume Balaguero, Fernando de Felipe
Release Date: December 25, 2004
MPAA Rating: R for terror/violence and language.
Box Office: $22,163,442 (US total)
Studio: Dimension Films
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Tagline: Some Secrets Should Never Come To Thought.
A family (Lena Olin as the mom, Iain Glen as the dad, and Anna Paquin as the daughter) moves to the country, only to discover that the house they've moved into has a, um, dark history that threatens them.
Regina (Anna Paquin), her younger brother Paul, and parents Mark (Iain Glen) and Maria (Lena Olin), have just moved into a beautiful, old house in the country. They came in search of quiet and tranquility, but instead they unearthed a horrifying secret that has been deeply buried for many years. Their home quickly becomes anything but welcoming and comfortable; it seems to have a life of its own... especially after dark.
As Regina begins to investigate her mysterious surroundings, she uncovers the truth about her family’s new address. Decades ago, it was the site of a ritual gone awry --one that would have spread evil to the ends of the world. Seven children were to be sacrificed, but one got away. Now, the force that has been brewing for so many years is aiming for a final sacrifice to complete its reckoning and travel beyond the walls of their home. No one is safe, and every time the lights go out, something terrifying comes out of the darkness. The family's only chance for survival is to stop something that they can't even see.
A chilling tale of mounting psychological and supernatural terror, Darkness explores the deeply imbedded human fear of all that cannot be seen. Darkness is directed by Juame Balaguero and stars Anna Paquin ("X-Men," " X-Men 2"), Lena Olin ("Chocolat," TV’s "Alias") Iain Glen ("Lara Croft: Tomb Raider," "Resident Evil: Apocalypse") and Giancarlo Giannini ("Man on Fire," "Hannibal").
The Cast
Anna Paquin (Regina)
Academy Award-winning actress Anna Paquin most recently appeared on stage in Neil Labute’s “The Distance From Here” which received the Drama Desk Award for Best Cast Ensemble. Prior to that, she starred off-Broadway in the limited run of Paul Weitz’s Ensemble Studio Theater’s “Roulette.” She received a Drama Desk Award nomination for Best Lead Actress for her stage debut in director Phillip Seymour Hoffman’s “The Glory of Living” and went on to appear in Kenneth Lonergan’s West End production of “This is Our Youth” opposite Jake Gyllenhaal and Hayden Christensen.
Paquin’s extensive body of film work includes the Bryan Singer blockbusters “XMen” and “X-Men 2,” Spike Lee’s acclaimed “The 25th Hour,” “Buffalo Soldiers,” Gus Van Sant’s “Finding Forrester,” Cameron Crowe’s Academy Award-winning “Almost Famous,” “Hurlyburly,” Robert Iscove’s “She’s All That,” Tony Goldwyn’s “A Walk on the Moon,” Steven Spielberg’s “Amistad,” Carroll Ballard’s “Fly Away Home” and Franco Zeffirelli’s “Jane Eyre.”
She stunned the world in 1993 with her film debut as the daughter of the bride in an arranged marriage in Jane Campion’s “The Piano.” Her performance opposite Academy Award-winner Holly Hunter led to her winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress at the age of 11.
Paquin was born in Canada and raised in New Zealand. She will next be seen in Noah Baumbach’s “The Squid and the Whale,” which was recently selected for competition in the 2005 Sundance Film Festival.
Lena Olin (Maria)
Lena Olin first came to the attention of American audiences in Philip Kaufman’s “The Unbearable Lightness of Being,” for which she received a Golden Globe Award nomination. Her recent film credits include the Academy Award-nominated “Chocolat” for husband Lasse Hollström, Roman Polanski’s “The Ninth Gate,” Kinka Usher’s “Mystery Men,” Theresa Connelly’s “Polish Wedding” and Sidney Lumet’s “Night Falls on Manhattan.”
In 2003, she crossed over to the small screen, joining the cast of the critically acclaimed ABC drama “Alias” and received an Emmy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
Previously, Olin was nominated for an Academy Award and won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress starring in Paul Mazursky’s “Enemies: A Love Story.” Her additional film credits include Peter Medak’s “Romeo Is Bleeding,” Mike Figgis’ “Mr. Jones,” Sydney Pollack’s “Havana,” “The Queen of the Damned” based on the Anne Rice novel and Ron Shelton’s “Hollywood Homicide.”
Born in Sweden, Olin’s career started at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm where she was directed by Ingmar Bergman, playing in the classics of Shakespeare, Ibsen and Strindberg. She made her international debut as a movie actress in Bergman’s “After The Rehearsal” and went on to appear in his “Fanny and Alexander.”
Iain Glen (Mark)
Iain Glen most recently appeared in the film “Resident Evil: Apocalypse.” His additional feature credits include “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider,” “Beautiful Creatures,” Danny Cannon’s “The Young Americans,” Tom Stoppard’s “Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead,” Michael Apted’s “Gorillas in the Mist,” Bob Rafelson’s “Mountains of the Moon” and David Hayman’s “Silent Scream” for which Glen won the Best Actor Award at the Berlin International Film Festival.
Glen began his career as a guest star on the popular British television series “Taggart” and then went on to star in the British series “The Fear.” He has appeared in numerous television movies and miniseries including “Death of a Salesman” and “Painted Lady” with Helen Mirren.
A native of Edinburgh, Scotland, Glen studied at the Edinburgh Academy and the University of Aberdeen before honing his craft at the Royal Acadmeny of Dramatic Art. He has appeared on stage in such productions as “Macbeth” and “Henry V.” Next, Glen will next be seen in the film “Man to Man” opposite Joseph Fiennes and Kristin Scott Thomas.
Giancarlo Giannini (Albert Rua)
Giancarlo Giannini recently starred opposite Denzel Washington in “Man on Fire.” He has starred in over 100 feature films including an Academy Awardnominated performance in Lina Wertmuller’s “Seven Beauties.” His additional feature film credits include Wertmuller’s “Love and Anarchy,” for which he won the Cannes Film Festival Best Actor Award, “Fever Pitch,” “Once Upon A Crime,” Alfonso Arau’s “A Walk in the Clouds,” Francis Ford Coppola’s segment of “New York Stories,” “The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca,” Guillermo Del Toro’s “Mimic” and “Hannibal.”
On the small screen, Giannini has appeared in the mini-series “Jacob: A TNT Bible Story,” the Sci-Fi Channel’s presentation of “Dune,” “Sins” and “My Life in Umbria” for HBO Films.
Born in La Spezia, Rome, Giannini studied drama at Rome’s Theater Academy. He will next be seen opposite Harvey Keitel and Josh Jackson in the feature film “Shadows in the Sun.”
Juame Balagueró (Writer / Director)
Former horror fanzine editor, Juame Balagueró, made his directorial debut with the feature film “Los Sin Hombre.” The film, which he also co-wrote and produced, received numerous awards and accolades including the Golden Raven Award from the Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film. He then went on to co-direct the successful documentary “OT: La Película.”
Balagueró began his filmmaking career with the short films “Alicia,” winner of the Best Short Film at the Catalonian International Film Festival and “Días Sin Luz,” winner of the Audience Award at the Sweden Fantastic Film Festival.
Raised in Barcelona, Spain, Balagueró is currently in post-production on the English language film “Fragile,” which he wrote and directed, starring Calista Flockhart.
 Production notes provided by Dimension Films. |
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