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7.6Grace is a woman who lives in an old house kept dark because her two children, Anne and Nicholas, have a rare sensitivity to light. When the family begins to suspect the house is haunted, Grace fights to protect her children at any cost in the face of strange events and disturbing visions.
Cast
- Nicole Kidman as Grace Stewart
- Alakina Mann as Anne Stewart
- James Bentley as Nicholas Stewart
- Fionnula Flanagan as Mrs. Bertha Mills
- Christopher Eccleston as Charles Stewart
- Eric Sykes as Mr. Edmund Tuttle
Themes
- nightmare
- suicide attempt
- shotgun
- servant
- cemetery
- world war ii
- nanny
- haunted house
- channel islands
- mansion
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Ratings
IMDb
7.6/10
424,115 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
84%
Metacritic
74/100
- Year
- 2001
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Genres
- Horror, Mystery, Thriller
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- Nominated for 2 BAFTA 29 wins & 55 nominations total
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Key facts
- Spanish
- Los otros
- Directed by
- Alejandro Amenábar
- Written by
- Alejandro Amenábar
- Produced by
- Fernando Bovaira José Luis Cuerda Sunmin Park
- Starring
- Nicole Kidman Fionnula Flanagan Christopher Eccleston Elaine Cassidy Eric Sykes Alakina Mann James Bentley
- Cinematography
- Javier Aguirresarobe
- Edited by
- Nacho Ruiz Capillas
- Music by
- Alejandro Amenábar
- Production companies
- Las Producciones del Escorpión Sogecine Cruise-Wagner Productions
- Distributed by
- Warner Sogefilms (Spain) Dimension Films (United States) Mars Distribution (France) Studio Canal (International)
- Release dates
- August 10, 2001 ( 2001-08-10 ) (United States) September 7, 2001 ( 2001-09-07 ) (Spain)
- Running time
- 104 minutes
- Countries
- Spain United States France
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $17 million
- Box office
- $210 million
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Encyclopedic overview
The Others (Spanish: Los otros) is a 2001 psychological and Gothic horror film written, directed and scored by Alejandro Amenábar, starring Nicole Kidman, Fionnula Flanagan, Christopher Eccleston, Elaine Cassidy, Eric Sykes, Alakina Mann and James Bentley. Set in 1945 in Jersey, it focuses on a woman and her two photosensitive children who experience supernatural phenomena in their manor after the arrival of new servants.
The Others was theatrically released in the United States on August 10, 2001, by Dimension Films, and in Spain on September 7, 2001, by Warner Sogefilms. It was a major critical and commercial success, grossing $210 million worldwide on a $17 million budget. Critics praised the atmosphere, performances (particularly Kidman), and plot twist.
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