The Others

Year: 2001

Runtime: 104 min

Language: English

Director: Alejandro Amenábar

Budget: $17M

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Following World War II, a deeply religious mother relocates with her photosensitive children to a remote estate in the English countryside, awaiting news of her husband. While trying to protect her children from sunlight, Grace begins to suspect that the unsettling visions her daughter Anne describes might be real, leading her to confront a terrifying presence within the house.

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