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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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.
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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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