Dorothy Mills | |
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Directed by | Agnès Merlet |
Produced by | Jérôme Lateur Jean-Luc Ormières |
Written by | Juliette Sales Agnes Merlet |
Starring |
Carice van Houten Jenn Murray Ger Ryan Gary Lewis Rynagh O'Grady Gavin O'Connor |
Music by | Nathaniel Méchaly |
Cinematography | Giorgos Arvanitis |
Edited by | Monica Coleman |
Distributed by |
Dutch FilmWorks Genius Products |
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Running time
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102 minutes |
Country | Ireland France |
Language | English |
Dorothy Mills is a 2008 psychological thriller mystery film directed by Agnès Merlet. Starring Carice van Houten and Jenn Murray, the film is about a psychiatrist assigned to work on the case of a disturbed young girl.
Jane Morton (Carice van Houten), a psychiatrist in mourning after the accidental death of her son, is assigned the case of Dorothy Mills (Jenn Murray), a 15-year-old girl from a small Irish island, accused of attempting to murder a baby while babysitting.
The film starts with Jane at a psychiatric hospital speaking to a gentleman about the case she was given and begins to tell the story of what happened.
When Jane arrives at the island her car gets run off the road and crashes into the lake. It is caused by two cars that appear to be having a race. While the villagers attempt to drag the lake Sheriff Colin Garrivan (David Wilmot) arrives and speaks to Pastor Ross (Gary Lewis). Jane emerges from the lake and is driven by Colin to an inn where she receives sarcastic remarks by the men of the village. While in her room she hears an electric guitar being played in the room above hers.
The next morning Jane waits in the dining room and notices an old woman staring at her. She then visits the parents of the baby that was attacked and due to her unbiased view and her concern for the welfare of Dorothy she is driven from the house by the father with the advice to speak to Jake. She then goes to visit Dorothy and her aunt Eileen McMahon (Ger Ryan) who is very protective of her niece. Jane attempts to speak to Dorothy and Dorothy says she wasn't there the night the baby was attacked. All she remembers is falling asleep in her bed and waking up there the next morning. Jane then goes to visit the Pastor who shows her Dorothy's medical file and stresses that Dorothy is a very special child.
The next day Jane visits Eileen and is recounted the story of Dorothy's mother who was a strange woman who found happiness laying out the dead at a funeral home. Jane then goes for a walk with Dorothy and they bond slightly with Dorothy recounting that her mother used to walk with her and they would pretend to fly once they got to the cliffs. At their next meeting Dorothy seems very childlike and refers to herself as Mimi who is 3 years old. She mentions that she comes out to protect Dorothy because Dorothy is always trying to kill herself. Jane takes "Mimi" to a dress shop and buys her a dress as a present and then takes her back to her hotel room and "Mimi" falls asleep. A few minuted later it seems as though Dorothy is having a nightmare and she suddenly wakes up and starts tearing at her clothes while shouting abuse and swearing. She suddenly stops and becomes childlike again and starts asking for her mummy. As Jane tries to comfort her Eileen arrives and takes Dorothy away.