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| Durée | 91 minutes |
| Année de sortie | 2024 |
| Genre | Horror |
| Pays |  - United Kingdom |
| Réalisation | James Watkins |
| Scénario | Jane Goldman |
Présentation
The Woman in Black is a 2012 gothic supernatural horror film directed by James Watkins and written by Jane Goldman. It is the second adaptation of Susan Hill's 1983 novel of the same name, which was previously filmed in 1989. The film stars Daniel Radcliffe, Ciarán Hinds, Janet McTeer, Sophie Stuckey, and Liz White. The plot, set in early 20th-century England, follows a young recently widowed lawyer who travels to a remote village where he discovers that the vengeful ghost of a scorned woman is terrorising the locals.
The film was produced by Hammer Film Productions, Alliance Films, Cross Creek Pictures and the UK Film Council. A film adaptation of Hill's novel was announced in 2009, with Goldman and Watkins attached to the project. During July 2010, Radcliffe was cast in the lead role of Arthur Kipps. The film was planned to be shot in 3D before plans were scrapped. Principal photography took place from September to December 2010 across England. Post-production lasted until June 2011. It attracted controversy after receiving a 12A certificate from the British Board of Film Classification, despite several cuts being made.
The Woman in Black premiered at the Royal Festival Hall in London before being theatrically released in North America on 3 February 2012 by CBS Films and Alliance Films and in the United Kingdom on 10 February 2012 by Momentum Pictures. The film received generally positive reviews with critics praising Radcliffe's performance, cinematography, direction, atmosphere and homages to Hammer's gothic horror films, calling it a "solid ghost story". It was also commercially successful, grossing $129 million worldwide.
A sequel, The Woman in Black: Angel of Death, was released on 2 January 2015, without the involvement of Radcliffe, Watkins or Goldman.
Bande-annonce
Synopsis
In the English village of Crythin Gifford in 1889, three young girls make-believe a tea party in their nursery. Suddenly, they notice a presence in the room; appearing entranced, the girls jump to their deaths from the window.
Later, in 1906, in Edwardian era London, lawyer Arthur Kipps's wife Stella dies after giving birth to their son Joseph. Four years later, Arthur is instructed to visit Crythin Gifford to retrieve any documents left by Alice Drablow, the deceased owner of Eel Marsh House, an isolated and desolate estate on the marshland, as a prelude to the sale of the house. Upon arrival, Arthur finds the villagers cold and unwelcoming, though he finds sympathy in wealthy local landowner Samuel Daily, who invites him to dinner. The wife of the local innkeeper (as well as the bereft mother of the girls from the opening scene) offers Arthur temporary lodging in her daughters’ former nursery, though only for the night.
The next morning, Arthur meets Mr. Jerome, who tries to hurry him away from the village. Undeterred, Arthur travels to Eel Marsh House. There, he is distracted by odd noises, a bolted nursery, and a spectral entity in funerary garb. He hears sounds on the marshes of a carriage and a screaming child, but sees nobody on the causeway. He later tries to alert the village constable who dismisses his concerns. Two children enter the station with their sister Victoria, who has ingested lye, but she collapses in Arthur’s arms as he calls for help. The girl succumbs, and as her grieving father takes away her body, the townspeople blame the death on Arthur.
That night, Sam reveals that he and his wife Elisabeth lost their young son to drowning. Elisabeth suffers from fits of hysteria which she attributes to her son speaking through her. The next day, upon Arthur’s return to Jerome’s office, he discovers Jerome’s young daughter has been barricaded in the basement. She angrily rebuffs his attempt to help her, as she too believes him to be responsible for Victoria’s death. Sam dismisses this and attempts to take Arthur to Eel Marsh, but a gang of local men attempt to drive them off. Victoria's father tearfully accuses Arthur of seeing "that woman" at Eel Marsh.
At the house, Arthur uncovers correspondence between Alice and her sister Jennet Humfrye. Jennet demands to see her son Nathaniel whom the Drablows have formally adopted and barred her from contacting due to her being mentally unfit to care for him, which she denies. A death certificate reveals Nathaniel drowned in a carriage accident on the marsh. Jennet writes that she blames Alice for saving only herself and leaving Nathaniel's body in the marsh. Another death certificates shows that Jennet hanged herself from a beam in the nursery, vowing never to forgive Alice.
That night Arthur hears noises from the nursery, which is now unlocked. From the nursery window Arthur sees a boy crawling out of the ground and walking towards the house. He goes outside and sees dead children in the marshes, Victoria among them. Back in the house he sees an apparition of a woman hanging herself.
Sam picks Arthur up the next morning. In town, Jerome's house catches fire with his daughter still inside. When Arthur attempts to save her, he sees the Woman in Black goading the girl into burning herself. The townspeople blame Arthur for this death as well.
At her son's grave, Elisabeth tells Arthur that the Woman in Black is Jennet, who claims the village children by having them take their lives in penance for her own son being taken from her. Arthur realizes that his son Joseph, who is coming to Crythin Gifford that night, is Jennet's next victim. In an effort to lift the curse, Arthur and Sam find Nathaniel's body in the marsh, and place it in his nursery, where Arthur lures Jennet to him. Arthur and Sam bury Nathaniel with Jennet, though her voice echoes through the house that she will never forgive the wrongs she suffered.
Assuming Jennet pacified, Arthur meets Joseph and his nanny at the railway station. While bidding farewell to Sam, Arthur sees the Woman in Black lure Joseph onto the tracks. Attempting to save him, both he and Joseph are killed by the oncoming train. Sam, horrified, sees the ghosts of the village children and the Woman in Black.
The train passes and, on the tracks, Arthur and Joseph are met by Stella. The family is happily reunited as the Woman in Black looks on.
Distribution
| Acteur | Rôle |
|---|---|
| Daniel Radcliffe | Arthur Kipps |
| Ciarán Hinds | Samuel Daily |
| Janet McTeer | Elizabeth Daily |
Série de films
- The Woman in Black, 2012
- The Woman in Black: Angel of Death, 2014
Sources
Ghost - 9 août 2021
Publicité
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