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Birth
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6.0It took Anna 10 years to recover from the death of her husband, Sean, but now she's on the verge of marrying her boyfriend, Joseph, and finally moving on. However, on the night of her engagement party, a young boy named Sean turns up, saying he is her dead husband reincarnated. At first she ignores the child, but his knowledge of her former husband's life is uncanny, leading her to believe that he might be telling the truth.
Released: 2004-10-29100 minDir: Jonathan GlazerDrama, MysteryBudget: $20.0MBox office: $23.9M
Cast
- Nicole Kidman as Anna
- Cameron Bright as Young Sean
- Danny Huston as Joseph
- Lauren Bacall as Eleanor
- Alison Elliott as Laura
- Arliss Howard as Bob
Themes
- infidelity
- new york city
- opera
- loss of loved one
- love letter
- reincarnation
- engagement
- friends
- little boy
- grief
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Ratings
IMDb
6.3/10
43,441 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
43%
Metacritic
51/100
- Year
- 2004
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Genres
- Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 2 wins & 18 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 96
- FilmAffinity ID
- 215555
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- publication date
- 2004-09-08
- title
- Birth
- review score
- 51/100
- capital cost
- 20000000
- box office
- 23900000
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Categories
2000s mystery drama films2000s psychological drama films2004 American films2004 drama films2004 English-language films2004 filmsAmerican mystery drama filmsAmerican psychological drama filmsBritish mystery drama filmsBritish psychological drama filmsFilms about griefFilms about reincarnationFilms about social classFilms directed by Jonathan GlazerFilms scored by Alexandre DesplatFilms set in New York CityFilms shot in New York CityFilms with screenplays by Jean-Claude CarrièreGerman mystery drama filmsGerman psychological drama filmsNew Line Cinema filmsTemplate film date with 4 release dates