Beyond the night 2018 (La noche interminable)

Ray Marrow (Zane Holtz) vuelve de la Guerra de Siria cuando su mujer fallece a causa de un accidente de tráfico. Su hijo, Lawrence Marrow (Azhy Robertson), sufre estrés postraumático y comienza a actuar de manera extraña. Con el paso del tiempo, Ray descubre que Lawrence ha adquirido la habilidad de sentir la presencia de una mujer que ha desaparecido, lo que causa que ambos sean perseguidos por una mafia local. Zane Holtz y Azhy Robertson

"Una interesante película de suspense marcada por sus excelentes actuaciones y su atmósfera escalofriante (...) El director aumenta la tensión con lentitud pero con seguridad"

"Se va volviendo más interesante poco a poco. Pero con frecuencia su acercamiento al crimen, la corrupción y la estrechez de miras es sombrío y unidimensional." "Jason Noto evita el sensacionalismo, manteniendo la película en una realidad reconocible (...) Genera una inquietud que persiste más allá del último fotograma."

Movie Info

Synopsis A war of attrition breaks out when a soldier's son reveals damning information about a local gangster's daughter.

Production Co:

Warpath, NewAley Pictures, SummerHawk Films, Reckless Productions

Director:

Jason Noto

Producer:

Erik S. Weigel, Robin C. Garvick

Genre:

Mystery & Thriller

Release Date (Streaming):

Jan 29, 2019

Runtime:

1h 38m

Original Language:

English

Screenwriter:

Jason Noto

Beyond the Night is a dark slow-burning supernatural thriller set in a small coal-mining town in rural Pennsylvania. It’s the perfect setting for the movie’s mystery to be set against. The gray, frozen landscape adds to the tense atmosphere as does the fact that seemingly everyone and their grandma owns a gun — this is an important note.

A lot of the movie reminded me of Jeff Nichols’ Midnight Special — down to the 80s-soaked synth score and the story of a father doing everything in his power to protect his son who is displaying supernatural abilities.

However, the movie is more grounded than it sounds. Ray (Zane Holtz — quite good here) is an army man who returns to Philadelphia after his wife is killed in a car accident leaving him to take care of their son Lawrence (Azhy Robertson) — who is marked with a port-wine stain over the left side of his face. Ray isn’t equipped to take care of Lawrence. Granted, Lawrence has his behavioral quirks to go along with his birthmark — he often sings random notes to himself and lashes out at precisely the wrong moments. Ray often losses his patients with Lawrence and becomes frustrated with him. However, he has his moments as a father. At one point, a woman in a store sees Lawrence and says to her daughter, “don’t look at it, baby girl.” Like any parent, Ray takes a tire iron to their windshield. Not exactly parent of the year material, but Lawrence certainly appreciates it.

The father and son move to Ray’s hometown in rural Pennsylvania where they both deal with their grief with the support of Ray’s sister and town deputy Caroline (The Invitation’s Tammy Blanchard — fantastic as always).

To complicate matters, Lawrence begins to exhibit even stranger behavior than usual — staring at random people and things — and eventually causes a stir when he mentions the name July Rain to a woman at his mother’s funeral reception, which causes the woman to storm out.

Ray learns that July is a 15-year-old girl who went missing years prior and whose case — despite Caroline’s and Sheriff Hirsch’s (Skipp Sudduth) best efforts. He is convinced that his son must have heard the name from someone else. But then, Lawrence begins to recite information he should not know. Confused and fearful — July’s father was local redneck thug Bernie (Chance Kelly) — Ray and Caroline team up with child psychologist Dr. Sheryl Bomont (Enid Graham) to unravel the mystery.

Director and writer Jason Noto drew inspiration from Denis Villeneuve’s (Arrival) films Prisoners and Enemy. And that is obvious. Beyond the Night is a slow unraveling mystery that gives you the pieces to solve it throughout. And while it’s not as smart as those films — I found that the movie gives you too much — it’s a wholly effective and well-directed thriller.