Dark Water is a 2005 American drama-horror film directed by Walter Salles and starring Jennifer Connelly. The film is a remake of the 2002 Japanese film of the same name, and also stars John C. Reilly, Pete Postlethwaite, Tim Roth, Perla Haney-Jardine and Ariel Gade. The film is based on the short story Floating Water from the horror anthology Honogurai mizu no soko kara by Koji Suzuki, author of Ring (which also had an American remake).
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Dark Water is a 2005 American drama-horror film directed by Walter Salles and starring Jennifer Connelly. The film is a remake of the 2002 Japanese film of the same name, and also stars John C. Reilly, Pete Postlethwaite, Tim Roth, Perla Haney-Jardine and Ariel Gade. The film is based on the short story Floating Water from the horror anthology Honogurai mizu no soko kara by Koji Suzuki, author of Ring (which also had an American remake).
The film was released on July 8, 2005 and grossed almost $50 million worldwide.
When the film opens, the audience sees a young girl standing outside after school in the rain, waiting for her mother, who has yet to show up. The scene is dated 1974.
Flash forward to 2005, we see a grown-up Dahlia in the midst of a bitter mediation with her ex-husband, Kyle, over sharing custody of their daughter, Cecilia, also known as Ceci. Kyle wants Cecilia to live closer to his apartment in Jersey City so the joint-custody agreement would be easier, but Dahlia wants...
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