Dark Water

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Movie
German title Dark Water
Original title Dark water
Dark Water Logo.svg
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2005
length 105 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
JMK 14
Rod
Director Walter Salles
script Rafael Yglesias
production Doug Davison ,
Ashley Kramer ,
Roy Lee
music Angelo Badalamenti
camera Affonso Beato
cut Daniel Rezende
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Dark Water - Dark Water is a film of the Brazilian director Walter Salles from the year 2005 . The horror film is a remake of Hideo Nakata's Dark Water , which in turn is based on a short story by Kōji Suzuki . It was produced by the Touchstone Pictures and Vertigo Entertainment film studios . The film opened in Germany on September 22, 2005 and had around 230,000 viewers. With a budget of US $ 30 million, he grossed around US $ 50 million worldwide.

action

Attractive, mentally unstable Dahlia and her young daughter Cecilia move from New York to Roosevelt Island (NYC) during their divorce ; there they rent a shabby apartment in a mass settlement. It is noticeable that although a very good school is only two blocks away, there are no children living there, just a few young people.

Even while visiting apartment 9-F, Cecilia ran away and found a “ Hello Kitty ” children's backpack on the roof - which she gave to the grumpy caretaker at her mother's insistence. Although the apartment looks run down, mother and daughter move in. But even after a few days strange events start to pile up: the elevator shows a strange life of its own and a tuft of hair comes out of the tap. In addition, Cecilia gets an imaginary girlfriend, as is noticed at school. Dahlia is tormented more and more often by nightmares in which she searches in vain for reconciliation with her mother.

Strange things are also happening in the apartment above them - there is trampling and someone turns on the water, which soon finds its way through the ceiling into the apartment. Finally, it is noticeable that Cecilia's imaginary friend bears the same name as the child of the previous tenant of apartment 10-F - "Natasha".

Dahlia learns that it is unclear where the girl Natasha has gone, as both separated parents assume that the child is with the other. Dahlia then draws the conclusion that the child must have stayed in apartment 10-F and had a fatal accident there. She finds the girl's body in the water tank on the roof of the house.

Nevertheless, Natasha's spirit does not give rest; on the contrary, it harasses Cecilia at school and her mother at home.

In the meantime, Dahlia has gained confidence in her lawyer Platzer, who, however, can no longer help her when the big breakdown occurs. Cecilia bathes; Suddenly Natasha is sitting in the tub and begins to drown Cecilia. Natasha floods the whole room. In order to save her daughter, Dahlia offers herself to Natasha as the new mother and promises to live with her in the house forever. Dahlia eventually drowns in the bathroom. Cecilia is shocked by this experience and is welcomed by her father. When she goes into the house one last time to get her things, she meets her mother's ghost in the elevator, who promises to be there for her always.

Symbols

First, Dahlia's childhood is described, in which she is neglected by her mother. A symbolic scene is shown in which she waits for her mother while playing with a snare drum. This drumming is inserted over and over again. Furthermore, whenever Natasha appears to be involved, dark water appears. On the one hand it leaks from the ceiling, it can also be found in the unoccupied apartment above mother and child. It can be found in a scene in the laundry room and when Cecilia is haunted by Natasha at school. After all, the finale almost drowns in dark water.

criticism

Lexicon of international film : An old-school horror film that derives its effects from harmless situations that gradually condense into a web of bad premonitions. Outstanding actors support the largely successful attempt to Americanize a Japanese model [...] .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Release certificate for Dark Water - Dark Water . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , September 2005 (PDF; test number: 103 601 K).
  2. ↑ Age rating for Dark Water . Youth Media Commission .
  3. ↑ Dark Water. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed June 17, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used