 Maverick
young filmmaker Jonathan Glazer affirms the promise of his brilliant debut,
"Sexy Beast," with his new film "Birth," teaming with
Academy Award winner Nicole Kidman for a metaphysical love story that explores
the space between what we know and what we feel.  Kidman stars
as Anna, a delicate young widow who is on the verge of a new life when a
solemn little boy appears, claiming to be the reincarnation of her dead
husband. As Anna, Kidman achieves a breathtaking emotional transparency
to portray an intelligent woman who discovers another side of herself in
the face of a bizarre, yet tantalizing possibility.The actress is beautifully paired with Canadian child actor Cameron Bright, who portrays the boy interloper with a haunting stillness and conviction. Bringing an assured sense of style and form to a decidedly unconventional narrative, Glazer creates a world that is at once strange and familiar, like a fairy tale. Like many fairy tales, "Birth" is part romance, part mystery, and part family drama - woven into a magical whole about love, mortality and the unknown. |
BIRTH (15) 1 hour 40 mins
Contains moderate sex and sex references.