The Weight of Water

The Weight of Water

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-07-31

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, France

Runtime:

113 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

(7315 Reviews)

Director:

Kathryn Bigelow

Cast:

Writer:

Anita Shreve (novel)

Alice Arlen (screenplay)

Christopher Kyle (screenplay)

Fullplot:

A newspaper photographer, Jean, researches the lurid and sensational axe murder of two women in 1873 as an editorial tie-in with a brutal modern double murder. She discovers a cache of papers that appear to give an account of the murders by an eyewitness. The plot weaves between the narrative of the eyewitness and Jean's private struggle with jealousies and suspicions as her marriage teeters.

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