Blossom Films
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Rabbit Hole
The only way out is through.
Life for a happy couple is turned upside down after their young son dies in an accident.
- Original title
- Rabbit Hole
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
- $5,000,000
- Revenue
- $5,144,717
Filipe Manuel Neto
Jul 19, 2022 · via TMDB
**A frankly well-made film, but very painful to watch and highly contraindicated for the most sensitive and grieving people.** I cannot conceive of a pain stronger than that which a father or mother can feel when having to bury a child. No matter the causes of death, it must be as if the World, God or Fate, whatever, took away a part of us that we couldn't live without. I have to confess, honorable reader, that I have never been in a comparable situation. I can only imagine, and I honestly don't want to go through that, nor do I wish that on anyone. I am still young, and the closest person I saw go was a loving grandfather, whose memory is still with me. I suffered with that loss, and that certainty of never seeing him again, but I faced it peacefully, after all, none of us live forever and the elders leave first… it's the nature of things. This film addresses, precisely, the mourning of a child and the way in which the parents, each in their own way, live this pain and try to find ways to digest it. The world and society almost force us to overcome this after a certain moment, and return to normality. But what normality? There will be “normality” for a parent after something like this? These are questions that deserve reflection and that the film leaves open. We see that couple look at things differently: the father want to keep their son's memory, wants to feel surrounded by his things and touch his objects as if a portion of his son were inside them; the mother prefers to get rid of that objects and even move, in an effort to go forward where anger and frustration are vented on a lot of people around her. To what extent is it pain, not love, that unites them as a couple? For all this, I need to leave a note of warning, advising this film for people who have lost someone and are going through a grieving, or for people with depression or who are more negative. It's not an easy movie, it's one of those movies that squeezes where it hurts the most. It is based on a play that Nicole Kidman had the good idea of taking to the cinema, and the script is by the same author of the play. Kidman brought the lead role to life with great skill, in a deeply psychological work, full of commitment and awarded with a nomination for an Oscar. Aaron Eckhart brought the heartbroken father to life in a poignant, heartfelt way, in one of the actor's most interesting works. The film also has the frankly positive collaboration of Sandra Oh, Tammy Blanchard, Diane West and Miles Teller. The production wisely decided not to bet too much on big technical resources, giving the story and the cast's performance all the space needed to shine. Even so, I wanted to leave a note of praise for the cinematography, with a good shooting work, low contrast, a palette of cold or pastel colors and a very well done editing, which gave the film a slower pace that seems to be perfectly adequate. Without flashy visuals and sound, everything is elegant and discrete. The set of the couple's house is perhaps the most relevant, with the large, empty and almost impersonal spaces being, in practice, the mirror of a family that no longer exists, and of an increasingly distant couple.
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Nicole Kidman
Becca Corbett
Aaron Eckhart
Howie Corbett
Dianne Wiest
Nat
Miles Teller
Jason
Tammy Blanchard
Izzy
Sandra Oh
Gabby
Giancarlo Esposito
Auggie
Jon Tenney
Rick
Stephen Mailer
Kevin
Mike Doyle
Craig
Roberta Wallach
Rhonda
Patricia Kalember
Peg
Ali Marsh
Donna
Yetta Gottesman
Ana
Deidre Goodwin
Reema
Julie Lauren
Debbie
Rob Campbell
Bob
Jay Wilkison
Gary
Salli Saffioti
Lori
Ursula Parker
Lilly
Sandi Carroll
Abby
Marylouise Burke
Librarian
Jennifer Roszell
Sotheby's Receptionist
Shoshanna Withers
Izzy's Friend (uncredited)
Kalina Ivanov
Production Design
Radium Cheung
Camera Operator
Frankie DeMarco
Director of Photography
Ann Roth
Costume Design
Kyra Panchenko
Makeup Department Head
Bryce Burke
Stunt Double
Jared Burke
Stunt Double
Shawnna Thibodeau
Stunt Double
Dash Shaw
Thanks
John Cameron Mitchell
Director
Gigi Pritzker
Producer
Nicole Kidman
Producer
Anton Sanko
Music
Anton Sanko
Original Music Composer
David Lindsay-Abaire
Screenplay
David Lindsay-Abaire
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The Patriot
After Life
An Inspector Calls
Two Brothers
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Julius Caesar
Bambi
Oliver!
Away from Her
Roleless
In the Bedroom
Leave No Trace
Angel Baby
An Unfinished Life
No Reservations
Mostly Martha
Bride Flight
Hairspray
Death of the Flea Circus Director
Paranoid Park
Reflections in a Golden Eye
Swept from the Sea
Titane
Gypsy
Jeffrey
The Great White Hope
Everybody's Talking About Jamie
Show Boat
Pennies from Heaven
Agnes and His Brothers
The Glass House
Solaris
The Legend of Paul and Paula
The Last Mistress
Miracolo a Palermo!
Oedipus Rex
Tara Road
The Broken
Liberty Stands Still
Is This Love?
Mágnás Miska
Kiri and the Girl
Vineyard Ablaze
Good Grief
Fragments
Prayers for Bobby
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Courageous
Manchester by the Sea
The Shack
Still Life
For the Love of Jessee
Othello
In the Bedroom
Lilting
The Starling
An Unfinished Life
Black or White
The Son
Bravetown
The Human Voice
Things We Lost in the Fire
Dragonfly
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
After Yang
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Premonition
The Greatest
Paradise
Birth
Noel
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