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Completed - ENGLISH - Thriller - 97 minutes

Log Line

Five jaded teenagers meet in an online chatroom and encourage each other’s destructive behaviour - but things get out of hand when charismatic William targets depressive Jim.

Previous markets

  • AFM 2008 (Debut)
  • Berlin EFM 2009 (Debut)
  • Cannes 2009 (Line up)
  • AFM 2009 (Line up)
Full history

Year of production : 2009

Director(s) : Hideo NAKATA
Writer(s) : Enda WALSH
Cast : Aaron JOHNSON, Imogen POOTS, Matthew BEARD, Daniel KALUUYA, Hannah MURRAY

Producer(s) : Alison OWEN (Ruby Films), Laura HASTINGS-SMITH (Ruby Films)

Synopsis

When jaded teens JIM, EVA, EMILY and MO meet WILLIAM online, they’re seduced by his charisma. But William isn’t what he seems. He’s calculating and manipulative and doesn’t have time for people in the real world. Jim is vulnerable and he has no idea how dangerous his new friendship with William will be…
When Jim confesses he’s on anti-depressants, William vows to help Jim off his drugs, and the rest of the group fall in line. What begins as friendly advice to help Jim becomes twisted and Eva and Mo realise the deadly game William’s playing, but the wheels are in motion. Jim is set on a path of self-destruction, and is going to do the unthinkable. As Eva, Emily and
Mo try to save Jim, William begins a terrifying game of cat and mouse chasing them across the internet, shutting down their systems, and cutting them off from his victim.
Fantasy meets reality when William and Jim are face to face in rush hour on the underground. Without the faceless security of
the online world, everything becomes real. It’s now a race against time to save Jim, but the clock is ticking... and we fear someone must
die.

Production

Country(ies) : UNITED KINGDOM

GERMANY LEONINE DISTRIB
GREECE SEVEN FILMS
ITALY Sep 02, 2011 BIM DISTRIBUZIO
JAPAN PRESIDIO CORPOR
LITHUANIA MEED FILMS
PORTUGAL VC MULTIMEDIA
TAIWAN CMC ENTERTAINME
UNITED KIN Dec 24, 2010 REVOLVER


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Festivals and Awards

Festival de Cannes 2010 Un Certain Regard


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