The Broken (film)
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| Directed by | Sean Ellis |
| Produced by | Lene Bausager |
| Written by | Sean Ellis |
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Lena Headey Asier Newman Michelle Duncan Melvil Poupaud Richard Jenkins |
| Music by | Guy Farley |
| Cinematography | Angus Hudson |
| Edited by | Scott Thomas |
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88 minutes |
| Country | France United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
The Broken is a French-British horror film written and directed by Sean Ellis and starring Lena Headey.
The audience is introduced to Gina (Lena Headey), a successful radiologist, who is examining x-rays of a patient with Situs Inversus, an uncommon condition in which a person is born with their heart and other organs reversed or mirrored from their normal positions. On the birthday of her father, John (Richard Jenkins), Gina, along with her boyfriend Stefan (Melvil Poupaud), her brother Daniel (Asier Newman) and his girlfriend Kate (Michelle Duncan) surprises John in his home. In the middle of the dinner party, a mirror previously knocked askew when John entered the room falls and shatters. Kate and Gina proceeded to clean the shards and discuss that mirrors breaking is a sign of bad luck. At work the next day, Gina was baffled by her assistant Anthony (Damian O'Hare) when he tells her that he saw Gina walking out of the building. Gina explains that she has been inside the whole time. On her way home however, she sees a woman who looks exactly like her driving a car identical to hers. Gina follows the woman to her flat and sees a picture of her and John inside the woman's room. A frightened Gina runs out of the building and drives her car. Seemingly disturbed at what she saw, she collides head on with another truck in the middle of the road. Gina awakens in a hospital with no memory of the accident. She is introduced to a therapist Dr. Robert Zachman (Ulrich Thomsen). Robert leaves her a calling card and Stefan fetches her out of the hospital. At Stefan's flat, Gina notices his mirror is missing and he explains he broke it by accident. A leakage bothers Gina in the bathroom and goes to check on it in the attic but is stopped by Stefan. Stefan appears to be cold and less emotional than earlier appearances in the film. Stefan's dog also whines at him, and attempts to bite his hand. Gina contacts Robert about her concerns that Stefan is not really her boyfriend. Dr. Zachman suggests this may be a form of Prosopagnosia, or face blindness, brought on by brain damage and memory loss sustained in the car crash. Dr. Zachman advises more tests to be performed, and recommends that Gina visit her wrecked car in hopes that it will help her remember the events surrounding the accident.
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