2009 · drama · horror · supernatural
The Eclipse
Directed by Conor McPherson1h 28m2009
Michael is a widower who is struggling to adjust to his new role as the sole caretaker of his two children. Still reeling from the death of his wife, he has been plagued by terrifying apparitions. When he volunteers at a local literary festival, he finds himself drawn to Lena, an empathetic author of supernatural fiction. While Lena tries to help Michael with the mystery of his nightmarish visions, she must contend with problems of her own, as she’s being jealously pursued by self-obsessed novelist Nicholas, her one-time lover. As the festival progresses, the three adults’ lives converge and collide.
Our read: The Eclipse (2009) reads as a heavy, measured, grounded drama · horror · supernatural entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Heavy, measured, measured drama / horror, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
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- measured
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