The Others (2001)
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A mother and her children with a rare light sensitivity experience supernatural occurrences in their secluded home after hiring new servants.
The story
In 1945, Grace Stewart lives in a remote country house in Jersey with her two children, Anne and Nicholas, who suffer from a severe sensitivity to light. To protect them, she keeps the home shrouded in darkness. The arrival of three new servants—Mrs. Bertha Mills, Edmund Tuttle, and the mute Lydia—unsettles the household. As the children claim to be visited by mysterious figures and the house begins to exhibit supernatural phenomena, Grace must determine if the intruders are ghosts or if the threat is something else entirely.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
In 1945, Grace Stewart lives in a secluded Jersey manor with her children, Anne and Nicholas, who are highly sensitive to light. The household is plunged into darkness until three new servants arrive. The children claim to see a boy named Victor and others, while Grace discovers a collection of photos of corpses and hears supernatural sounds. She eventually finds her 'missing' husband, Charles, and believes the house is haunted. However, the truth is revealed through a medium: Grace, driven by grief after Charles's death in the war, had actually killed her children and herself. She awoke and believed she was given a second chance. The 'ghosts' are actually the living family of the servants who died in 1891. The children are finally able to withstand the sun, and the 'intruders' move out, leaving the house to the Stewarts.
- Original title
- Los otros
- First release year
- 2001
- Runtime (minutes)
- 104
- Production countries
- Spain; United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- Alejandro Amenábar
- Writers
- Alejandro Amenábar · writer
- Cast and characters
- Nicole Kidman · Grace; Fionnula Flanagan · Mrs. Bertha Mills; Christopher Eccleston · Edmund Tuttle; Elaine Cassidy · Lydia; Eric Sykes · Charles; Alakina Mann · Anne; James Bentley · Nicholas
- Genres
- psychological; Gothic horror
- Themes
- supernatural; motherhood; grief; religion
- Tone and mood
- atmospheric; tense; haunting
- Premise and plot tags
- haunted house; period piece; supernatural thriller
- Source material / true-story basis
- The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
- Reception
- The film was a major critical and commercial success, praised for its atmosphere, Kidman's performance, and plot twist.
- Reported review scores
- Metacritic · score: 74 · scale: 100 · review count: 29
- Awards and nominations
- Goya Award · Best Film · 16th · won; Goya Award · Best Director · 16th · won; Goya Award · Best Original Screenplay · 16th · won; Saturn Award · Best Horror Film · 28th · won; Saturn Award · Best Actress (for Kidman) · 28th · won; Saturn Award · Best Supporting Actress (for Flanagan) · 28th · won; British Academy Film Award · Best Actress in a Leading Role (for Kidman) · 55th · nominated; British Academy Film Award · Best Original Screenplay · 55th · nominated; European Film Award · Best Film · 14th · nominated; Golden Globe Award · Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama · 59th · nominated
- Production trivia
- The film was the first English-language film without Spanish dialogue to win Best Film at the Goya Awards.; It became the highest-grossing Spanish film of all time in 2001.; The film was inspired by the 1898 novella The Turn of the Screw by Henry James.
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