The Messenger

The Messenger

The dead have come calling.

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Release Date

7/16/2015

Runtime

95 mins

Overview

The Messenger is the story of Jack’s last melt down: a story of frustration and guilt, love and betrayal, family and blame. Unwillingly becoming embroiled in the unfinished business of Mark, a journalist brutally murdered in the local park and his television presenter wife, Sarah, to whom he’s desperate to say one last goodbye, Jack finds himself getting closer to Sarah, obsessed with passing on Mark’s message. Discovering hidden secrets and lies finally pushes the fragile Jack over the edge but there is hope when his estranged sister, Emma, gets in touch. Jack starts to remember the past they shared together and as the memories come flooding back, he confronts the truth about the death of his father.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

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Revenue

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A haunted man becomes entangled with the ghost of a murdered journalist, unraveling a web of family trauma and buried secrets that force him to confront his own fractured past. The film operates as psychological mystery where supernatural contact becomes a vehicle for examining unresolved grief and the lies we tell ourselves.

Mood

MelancholicUnsettlingContemplativeDread-soaked

Themes

GriefFamilyBetrayalIsolationRedemption

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

NaturalisticHigh-contrast

Structure

Nonlinear

Heads up

Graphic violenceSuicide and self-harm

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