The 11th Hour (2014 film)

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The 11th Hour [1] [2]
THe 11th Hour (2014 film) poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Anders Morgenthaler [3]
Written byAnders Morgenthaler [4]
Produced byMarie Cecilie Gade [5]
Julie Lind-Holm [6]
Starring
Cinematography Sturla Brandth Grøvlen [10] [11] [12]
Edited byOlivia Neergaard-Holm [13]
Music by Jóhann Jóhannsson [14]
Production
company
Distributed by TrustNordisk [17] [18] (DE, DK)
Brainstorm Media [19] [20] (US)
Release dates
  • September 30, 2014 (2014-09-30)(Hamburg)
  • June 12, 2015 (2015-06-12)(United States)
[21]
Running time
97 minutes [22] [23]
Countries
  • Germany
  • Denmark
[24] [25] [26] [27]
LanguageEnglish

The 11th Hour (also known as I Am Here [28] [29] ) is a 2014 American drama film [30] directed [31] and written [32] by Anders Morgenthaler [33] [34] and starring [35] [36] Kim Basinger [37] [38] [39] and Jordan Prentice. [40] The film was released on VOD. [41]

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Plot

Hamburg-based businesswoman Maria, in her 40s, has achieved everything in her job and is married, but her being childless makes her unhappy. After another miscarriage, she learns that she will never be a mother of her life because of her age. Maria decides to check a rumor that prostitutes in Eastern Europe may sell their newborns for money. In search of a woman who could sell her a baby, Maria gets deeper and deeper into the dark world of prostitution and human trafficking. Soon, she faces serious problems as she is confronted by a brutal Russian criminal.

Cast

Reception

Critical response

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 13% of 15 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 3.4/10. [47] Metacritic , which uses a weighted average , assigned the film a score of 32 out of 100, based on nine critics, indicating "generally unfavorable" reviews. [48] IndieWire felt that Kim Basinger "does what she can with [The 11th Hour] material, but that's not much". [49]

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