Mindscape (film)
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| Directed by | Jorge Dorado |
| Produced by | Jaume Collet-Serra |
| Screenplay by | Guy Holmes |
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| Cinematography | Óscar Faura |
| Edited by | Jaime Valdueza |
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| Language | English |
| Budget | $4.4 million |
| Box office | $1.2 million |
Mindscape (also known as Anna) is a 2013 internationally co-produced psychological thriller film, and the directorial debut of Spanish filmmaker Jorge Dorado. The film stars Mark Strong, Taissa Farmiga, Noah Taylor, and Brian Cox. The screenplay was written by Guy Holmes and follows John, a detective with the ability to enter people's memories; he takes on the case of a brilliant but troubled and dangerous 16-year-old girl, Anna, to determine whether she is a sociopath or a victim of psychological trauma.
The world premiere was held at the 46th Sitges Film Festival on October 13, 2013, and received critical acclaim from audiences in its native Spain. Warner Bros. released the film in Spain on January 24, 2014. The film had its North American premiere at the Dallas International Film Festival on April 5, 2014. The film was retitled Anna for North America, where it was released through video on demand on May 6, 2014 and in a limited release on June 6, 2014 by Vertical Entertainment.
Following top secret experiments, people called "viewers" have developed the psychic ability to enter people's memories. John Washington (Mark Strong) is one of such gifted individuals, a recently widowed man who works for Mindscape, the world's top memory detective agency, which offers the ability of their psychic employees to help solve criminal cases, although their findings aren't yet recognized as high evidence in court.
During a session that goes wrong, John suffers a stroke and is left incapacitated for two years. Financially ruined, he still owns the beach house where his wife died but refuses to sell it. Desperate for money, John asks his old superior, Sebastian (Brian Cox), for a new job. The case he receives is that of a brilliant but troubled 16-year-old girl, Anna Greene (Taissa Farmiga), who is on a hunger strike. Her stepfather (Richard Dillane) wants her sent to a mental institution which Anna's mother and of course Anna herself are adamantly against. John is there to determine whether she is a sociopath, based on something that occurred at her boarding school, or if she is the victim of psychological trauma.
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