‘Resurrection’ Director Reveals What Inspired the Film That Shocked Sundance (Video)
thewrap.comThe film stars Rebecca Hall as Margaret, a high-powered exec moving up in the world, with a 17-year-old prepared to head off to college.
But when an abusive, older former boyfriend (Tim Roth) suddenly shows up again threatening to use a secret to destroy her life, the scars of her past threaten to consume her whole as she begins having nightmarish hallucinations and clings to her daughter right as she’s getting ready to strike out on her own.
In an interview at TheWrap’s virtual Sundance studio, Semans said “Resurrection” was partially inspired by his own fears as an expectant father of failing to keep his child safe, which led him to look at parental vigilante films like the “Taken” series.
But he had trouble figuring out how he wanted to put a spin on the subgenre until a real-life crisis arrived.“Someone I knew became involved in an abusive relationship with a manipulative, toxic person,” he said. “I was witnessing this relationship firsthand and I was trying to understand what was happening and help them in any way I could.
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