Went Up the Hill (2024)

Directed by

Samuel Van Grinsven

Genre

drama, fantasy, horror, romance, thriller

Country

Australia, New Zealand

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

MA 15+

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Jack returns to New Zealand for his birth mother's funeral. He meets her widow Jill, but then his mother's spirit returns and uses their bodies to communicate.

atmosphericmelancholicintimateunsettlingslow-burnhauntingemotionally intensesupernatural

What happens

Went Up the Hill is a 2024 psychological drama film directed by Samuel Van Grinsven. The film stars Dacre Montgomery as Jack, a man returning to his native New Zealand to attend the funeral of his birth mother, from whom he was taken away and placed into foster care; he meets his mother's widow Jill (Vicky Krieps) for the first time, only for his mother to return in spirit form and inhabit both Jack and Jill, using each of their bodies to speak to the other. The cast also includes Sarah Peirse, Arlo Green and Finlay Grey. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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