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InlateSeptember1975,arenownedCatholicschoolinRomeforsheltered,uppermiddleclassboysisattackedinwhatbecameknownastheCirceoMassacre.Thefilmexamineswhattriggeredtheviolence.

Inseasonthree,Ray’sworldhascontracted.FamilylifelooksalittledifferentashequietlymournsthelossofBruce,whilefiguringouthowtocareforhisagingfather,Bill(KennyGraham).AsBrittany(ChikaYasumura)growsintoayoungwoman,shedrawsfurtherawayfromRayandcomesclosertodiscoveringthetruthaboutwhohereallyis.ThingsseemgoodwithGary(JustinRosniak)andDave(MattNable),howeversinceseveringtieswithformerbossandconfidantFreddy(DamonHerriman),Rayisworkingfreelanceandfeelingasenseofisolation.Withbusinessbooming,anewconnectionwithcriminalkingpinRafael(JeremySims)intensifiesRay’sstruggleandwhensparksflywithnewcolleagueZoe(EmilyBarclay),anunexpectedtragedymakesRayquestionbothhiscareertrajectoryandhisethics.

AcclaimedBritishactorChristopherEccleston(TheLeftovers,Thor:TheDarkWorld)willbejoinedbyMarshaThomason(WhiteCollar)andPatersonJoseph(TheLeftovers,Law&Order:UK)inanewfour-partdramaseriesSafeHousefromEleventhHourFilms.SafeHouseisatensethrillersetinthebeautifulwildernessoftheLakeDistrict.ThecastwillalsoincludeJasonMerrells(Emmerdale,WaterlooRoad),NicolaStephenson(AllAtSea,HolbyCity),andPeterFerdinando(DoctorWho,AFieldinEngland)andissettocommencefilmingtoday;Monday6thOctober.The4-partdramatellsthestoryofamarriedcouple:Robert(ChristopherEccleston)aformerdetectiveandKaty(MarshaThomason)ateacherwhoareaskedbyclosefriendandpoliceofficerMark(PatersonJoseph),toturntheirremoteGuestHouseintoaSafeHouse.Theirfirst‘guests’attheSafeHouse,areafamilyinfearoftheirlivesaftertheyareviolentlyattackedbysomeonewhoclaimstoknowthem.ForRobertprotectingthefamilyresurrectsfearsandanxietiesboundupinaterrifyingnighteighteenmonthsago-wherehewasprotectingastarwitnesswhowasabouttotestifyagainstherganglandhusband.Unexpectedly,hewasshot,andshewaskilled.AsaconsequenceofrunningtheSafeHouse,Robertre-questionsthisincidentanduncoversaweboflies.Inspiredbyarealcouple,SafeHouseisadistinctivecharacter-drivendramacreatedandwrittenbyMichaelCrompton(Kidnap&Ransom,Carrie’sWar),anddirectedbyaward-winningMarcEvans(Hinterland,Collision)andproducedbyAndrewBenson(Strikeback,MadDogs).ItisbeingdevelopedbyEleventhHourFilms’PaulaCuddy,whoisalsoanExecutiveProducer,alongsideJillGreen.SafeHouseispotentiallyareturnableseriesforITVandEleventhHourFilmsandwascommissionedbyITV’sDirectorofDrama,SteveNovemberandControllerofDrama,VictoriaFea.“We’redelightedtocommissionSafeHousefromJillGreenandEleventhHourFilms.It’sacompellingfour-partdramafromMichaelCromptonwithgreatcharactersandgenuinetwistswhichkeepyouguessingrighttotheend.”JillGreen(Foyle’sWar,Collision,TheAmerican)said:“Thisbrilliantideaforapsychologicalthrillerhasattractedastrongcast–andwillkeepviewersgripped.”

克莱格（PaulCram保罗?克莱姆饰）、兰迪（CharsBonin查斯?伯宁饰）、保罗（CodyLyman科迪?莱曼饰）、史蒂文（CarsonLee卡尔森?李饰）和麦克（DannySalmen丹尼?塞尔曼饰）是5个黑帮成员，他们按照组织的指示来到某废弃的仓库看管人质。对他们来说，这原本是一项轻松简单的工作。然而当夜幕逐渐降临时，各种离奇古怪的事情开始发生，他们逐渐意识到，自己正置身于恐怖且不安的黑暗之中……本片荣获2008年休斯顿国际电影节金奖、2008年CrypticonSeattle最佳恐怖片奖、2008年地下精神电影节最佳恐怖片奖。

Paris,1981.ThewindsofchangeareblowingonelectionnightandtheFrenchstormthestreets,elated.ButÉlisabeth(CharlotteGainsbourg)strugglestosharethegeneralmoodofoptimism.Hermarriageiscomingtoanendandshewillnowhavetosupportherfamily.Sheisdistraught,andherfatherandteenagechildrenareworriedthathertearssimplywillnotdry.Butwhatiflisteningtoheremotionscouldhelphertostartfillingtheblankpageofherfuture?Whatifsheweretowritealetteronawhimtothehostofherfavouriteradioprogramme?Orinviteahomelessgirlintoherhouse?Whatwouldhappenifsheweretomakethekindofgesturesthatactuallychangelives?Inthisfollow-uptothebeautifulAmanda,MikhaëlHersdirectshishypersensitivegazeatthe1980sandtheseeminglymundanemomentsinonefamily’slifethatshapeindeliblememories.Alargenumberofcharacterspopulatesthisnostalgicsagaofself-invention.Thedirectorhonourstheirvulnerabilityandkindnessinawaythatstandsoutinacinematiclandscapemoreoftenfascinatedbydisillusionedantiheroes.Thisisfilmatitsmostprofoundlyintimateandmesmerising,thekindthat,whenwereflectonhowwefunctionasasociety,givesusanideaofwhylovematters.

Duringaragingsnowstorm,adrifterreturnshometotheblue-collarbarlocatedintheremoteCanadiantownwherehewasborn.Whenheofferstosettleanolddebtwithagrizzledbartenderbytellinghimastory,thenight’seventsquicklyspinintoadarktaleofmistakenidentities,double-crossesandshockingviolence.You’renotgoingtobelievewhathappenedatTheOakRoom.

Ayoungnursebeginshershiftatanoldcityhospital.Afterastrangeapparitiononeoftheoldestnursetellsherthatapatient,Mr.Moore,enteredthehospitalafewyearsago.Hisbodywascompletelyburnedafterafire.Mr.Moorewasoperatedurgentlybythedoctors.Butnoonewantedtoassisthim.Thepainanddrugshaddrivenhimmad-Onenightoneofthenurseswenttohisroombuthisbedwasempty.Nothingwasheardfromhimanymore.Abellinterruptsthestory.ThecallcomesfromMr.Moore'sroom.

Will,ayoungHispanicgaypotter,isonegregariousguy.Hisbossisterrible,buthe'sgotagreatboyfriendandagreatjob.Unfortunately,behindthatveneerisadarkpastofviolenceandmentalillnessthatheisdesperatetokeephidden.Whenhisbipolarmothercomesoutofthewoodworkaftertenyearsofsilence,hebeginsexhibitingunexplainablesymptoms.Afteraninjuryatwork,hestartslosingfunctioningofhisarms,andsomethingsinisterlurksinthecornerofhisvision:asilentandominousmaninawolfcostume.Willspiralsintoanobsession,determinedtosolvethismysteryofhisown.Whatisgoingonwithhisarms?Canhetrusthisboyfriend?Ishebecominghismother?

Setinanundergrounddungeoninhabitedbybundled,raggedhumanbeings,afterthenuclearholocaust.Thestoryfollowsthewanderingsofaherothroughthesituationsofsurvival.PeoplewaitfortheArktoarriveandrescuethemwhiletheirhabitatfallsapart.Delvingdeepintothedustyandlongabandondedvaultsofb-cinemainsearchoflostgemsalwaysleavesmewithabittersweettaste.Ononehandthediscoveryofunexpectedgemswherenoonewouldthinkthempossibleisarewardingexperience.Ontheotherhandthoughitmakesonewonderhowmanyoftheseremarkablelow-budgetoddities,personalloveaffairsofdirectorsneverquitefamousandnowallbutforgotten,havealmostforeverslippedfrommemory?nanycasewhatwehavehereisalittlepost-apocalypticgemfromPolandthatisreallybetterthanithasanyrightto.ThedystopiannearfutureofO-BI,O-BAfindsagroupofsurvivorsofthenuclearwarthatravagedtheEarthinhabitinganunderworldconcretebunkerandbidingtheirtimeastheywaitforthemysteriousArk,anairshipofsomekindthatwillcomeandsavethem.TheArkprovestobeanelaboratehoax,carefullydesignedtogivehopetothemalnourishedanddesperatedenizensofthebunker,whileinthemeantimethedomethatseparatestheirmiserableexistencefromthenuclearwinteroutsideisslowlycavingin.Whatfirststrikedmeaboutthemovieisthedesignofthebunkerandthedepictionofthesurvivors.Thesurvivorsaregaunt,filthyandterrible-lookingpenitents,dressedinragsandaimlesslywanderingtheneon-lithallsofthebunkerlikeautomatons.Thebunkerisarundown,seedyplace,withbrightneonlightspeeringfromallsidesliketheeyesofmalignantbeasts.Ononehanditisaslightly80’sdepictionofthedystopianfuturebutthemovieneverstoopsdowntoMADMAXcheese.Insteaditcombinesbitingpoliticalsatirewiththebleakoutlookofaworldwithnofuture,blackcomedywithbarbsonapathy,religionandpower.Thesurvivors,forexample,arefedsomekindofflourdroppingfromatubethathoversintheair-lateronwediscoverthefoodsupervisorusesbooksandtheBibleitselfasfillerforthismeagremeal.Therearemanysuchshortsymbolictouches,perhapsnotlife-changingorfaith-restoring,yetplayful,cleverandinspired.Onethingisforsure;O-BI,O-BAisnotyourrun-of-the-millsci-fischlock.Itovercomesitsmodestbudgetwithcreativityandhasgenuineartisticaspirationsbothfromawritinganddirectingperspective.Myopinionisthatitshouldhavebeenfilmedinblackandwhiteinsteadofcolourthough.Thedirectorusesatmosphericlightandshadowtogreateffectanditwouldhaveregisteredevenbetterinstarkblackandwhite.Theblue-greenneonontheotherhandoutstaysitswelcomeafterawhile.Justaminorgripeinanotherwisesolidb-moviewithitsheartsetinalltherightplaces.ImaginealessbleakTHEROAD(CormacMcCarthy)beinginjectedwiththesatireandhumourofDR.STRANGELOVEandyou’regettingthere.Seeitifyoucanfindit.

Elie,ayoungwomanfromthecity,hascometoaremoteNorthAtlanticisland.Itsthespringthaw,andsheisheretoconvalesceandgettoknowthecommunity.Theannualsealhuntisinfullswing,andEliefeelsbothdrawntoandrepelledbythemenengagedinit.Inthisisolatedworld,peopleslivesanddeathsareshapedbythebruteforcesofnature.Eliespresencearousescuriosityandmistrust.Maria,thevillagematriarchanddenmother,seekstouncoverthesecretreasonbehingEliesvisit.Wolvesexplorestheprofoundneedforbelonging.