Relic

Name: Relic
Director: Natalie Erika James
Released: 2020-07-03T00:00:00+00:00
Rating: 6.1

2020 · TMDB 6.1

Directed by Natalie Erika James

When elderly mother Edna inexplicably vanishes, her daughter rushes to the family's decaying home, finding clues of her increasing dementia scattered around the house in her absence.

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Natalie Erika James's first feature follows three generations of women in a house that seems to rearrange itself around dementia, with Robyn Nevin's matriarch both vulnerable and alarming.

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Emily Mortimer Bella Heathcote Robyn Nevin Chris Bunton Steve Rodgers Catherine Glavicic Jeremy Stanford Christina O'Neill John Browning Robin Northover

Director · Natalie Erika James Producer · Jake Gyllenhaal Producer · Riva Marker Producer · Anna McLeish Producer · Sarah Shaw Writer · Natalie Erika James Writer · Christian White Cinematography · Charlie Sarroff Composer · Brian Reitzell Editor · Denise Haratzis Editor · Sean Lahiff

Runtime: 89 min
Released: 2020-07-03
Studio: Nine Stories Productions
Country: Australia
Language: English
TMDB score: 6.1

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Natalie Erika James's first feature follows three generations of women in a house that seems to rearrange itself around dementia, with Robyn Nevin's matriarch both vulnerable and alarming.