The Weight of Water (film)
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| The Weight of Water | |
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 Promotional poster for The Weight of Water |
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| Directed by | Kathryn Bigelow |
| Produced by | Janet Yang Sigurjón Sighvatsson A. Kitman Ho |
| Written by | Alice Arlen and Christopher Kyle Based on the Novel by Anita Shreve |
| Starring | Katrin Cartlidge Ciarán Hinds Elizabeth Hurley Josh Lucas Catherine McCormack Sean Penn Sarah Polley Vanessa Shaw Ulrich Thomsen |
| Music by | David Hirschfelder |
| Cinematography | Adrian Biddle |
| Distributed by | Lions Gate Films |
| Release date(s) | November 1, 2002 |
| Running time | 113 min. |
| Language | English |
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The Weight of Water is a 2000 film based on the novel of the same name by Anita Shreve. Directed by Kathryn Bigelow, the film stars Sean Penn, Elizabeth Hurley, Sarah Polley, Josh Lucas and Catherine McCormack. Although it premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2000, it was not released until November of 2002. [1]
[edit] Plot summary
A newspaper photographer, Jeany, travels to the Isles of Shoals with her husband, brother-in-law, and his girlfriend to research the real-life murder of two women in 1873. In a twist of fate, she discovers a storage of papers that appear to give an account of the murders by the lone survivor, a Norwegian immigrant named Maren. The plot weaves between the narrative of these papers and Jean's private struggle with jealousy and suspicion as she suspects her husband of infidelity.
