

They plan to collect ransom and publicize Myra's psychic powers as she helps the parents locate the child. Clairvoyant Myra Savage and her husband kidnap a little girl. Her first Oscar nomination – which duly became a win – came for her performance in 2006’s John le Carré adaptation The Constant Gardener. SANCE ON A WET AFTERNOON is a psychological thriller about a medium, Myra Foster, who convinces her weak-willed husband to kidnap the child of a wealthy couple. 3.93 Rating details 144 ratings 26 reviews. Before that, she scored her second Oscar nomination for her performance opposite Olivia Colman in 2019’s The Favourite.

Bryan Forbes writing and direction create an aptly clammy atmosphere and hes backed by some shrewd thesping.
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But be prepared, it’s really quite dark and there were moments I was talking to my TV, uttering oh no, oh, what a bad decision and similar. The escaped victim of a ritualistic serial killer, the girl has become mute, and Michael is called upon by Scotland Yard to unlock the secrets she holds in. Seance on a Wet Afternoon This is a skillful and, on many counts, admirable picture.
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Weisz recently appeared in this year’s superhero movie Black Widow. Seance on a Wet Afternoon is a slow, moody and startlingly dark 60’s horror film that takes a simple premise and offers up a surprisingly compelling viewing experience. Written by Mark McShane and first published in 1961, Seance on a Wet Afternoon was previously adapted into a 1964 movie starring Kim Stanley and Richard Attenborough. The aim is to boost her profile as a medium, but her amoral plan soon comes unstuck, placing both Savage and her husband in jeopardy. His first collaboration with Bryan Forbes in 1964, ' Seance on a Wet Afternoon', earned him a nomination at the 1965 British Academy Film Awards ( BAFTA ). Weisz will play Myra Savage, a self-proclaimed psychic who persuades her husband to kidnap a child so she can help the police solve the crime. Director and co-writer Kiyoshi Kurosawa was approached by the Kansai Telecasting Corporation with the idea of adapting Mark McShanes novel ' Seance on a Wet Afternoon '. What you get in Seance on a Wet Afternoon is a crime planned and executed by people with no particular talent for criminality, and things go predictably but. The project has a script by Enola Holmes and His Dark Materials writer Jack Thorne, who also penned an episode of BBC America’s CripTales. Īccording to Deadline, the movie is now being steered by Tomas Alfredson ( Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, Let the Right One In ) after original director Harry Bradbeer stepped back to helm the Enola Holmes sequel. Rachel Weisz has lined up an intriguingly dark role in a new film adaptation of the classic 1960s suspense novel Seance on a Wet Afternoon.
