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Directed by | Kyle Henry |
Written by | Kyle Henry |
Starring | Cyndi Williams |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
Language | English |
Room is a 2005 independent drama film written and directed by Kyle Henry and starring Cyndi Williams. The screenplay concerns a woman who abandons her family to follow a vision.
An overworked, middle-aged Texas woman embezzles from her employer and abandons her family to seek out a mysterious room that has been appearing to her in visions during seizure-like attacks.
The film holds an approval rating of 69% on Rotten Tomatoes. [1]
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