The Drowning (film)

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The Drowning
The Drowning poster.jpg
Directed by Bette Gordon
Screenplay by
Based on Border Crossing
by Pat Barker
Produced by
  • Daniel L. Blanc
  • Radium Cheung
  • Jamin O'Brien
Starring
CinematographyRadium Cheung
Edited byJohn David Allen
Music by Anton Sanko
Production
company
The Film Community
Distributed byPaladin
Release date
  • 8 October 2016 (2016-10-08)(Warsaw)
Running time
95 minutes
Countries
  • United States
  • Hong Kong
LanguageEnglish

The Drowning is a 2016 American-Hong Kong thriller drama film directed by Bette Gordon and starring Josh Charles, Julia Stiles and Avan Jogia. [1] [2] It is based on Pat Barker's 2001 novel Border Crossing . [3] [4] [5] [6]

Contents

Plot

The Drowning tells the story of a forensic psychologist haunted by his expert witness testimony that sent a young boy to prison for a chilling murder. When the boy later reappears in his life, he is drawn into a destructive, soul-searching reinvestigation of the case.

Cast

Reception

The film has a 50% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. [7] Simon Abrams of RogerEbert.com gave the film one star. [8] Diego Semerene of Slant Magazine awarded the film half a star out of four. [9]

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References

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