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Marrowbone (2017)

Marrowbone poster
Original title
El secreto de Marrowbone
Directed by
Sergio G. Sánchez
Genre
drama film, horror film, thriller film
Country
Spain
Runtime
1h 50m
Rated
R
Rating
7.3 of 10 from 1,852 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Four siblings move from England to an old family house in rural Maine after their mother dies. They try to keep their family together while hiding a dark secret from the outside world.

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What happens

Marrowbone (Spanish: El secreto de Marrowbone, lit. 'The Secret of Marrowbone') is a 2017 English-language Spanish psychological horror mystery drama film written and directed by Sergio G. Sánchez, and starring George MacKay, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Heaton, Mia Goth, and Matthew Stagg. The film tells the story of the titular Marrowbone siblings (MacKay, Heaton, Goth, and Stagg), who relocate from England to their mother's ancestral estate in Maine, where they are faced by a sinister presence at home. Marrowbone was screened in the Special Presentations section at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival and released in Spain on 27 October 2017 by Universal Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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