If David is not a member of the top 1% he is living a comfortable life in a big house with his wife and their young son. A two income household, invitations to parties, a vocation rather than a mere job, what could go wrong? Nothing, until his work leads him to a film taken in 1902, silent footage, of course, but this is not entertainment, rather it is film of either a documentary or more likely an official nature relating to a murder in his house. A man had stabbed his adulterous wife 52 times then dumped her body in the canal. How does this relate to David?
Well, his wife had been having an affair, and when she goes missing...
Her body is found, you guessed it, in the canal, but the pathologist is of the opinion there was no foul play.
Tragic for sure, but that would have been the end of things if David had kept his mouth shut. After the funeral, he researches the case; the deranged husband had not stopped at one murder, to begin with, there was the nanny, and of course, David has a live-in nanny for his young son. Oh dear.
The big question - is it all in his head? The police seem to think so; it is clear that in spite of the verdict the lead detective on the case believes he knows more about his wife's death than he is letting on, but when David tells him about the ghost, social services try to take his son from him. He defeats that attempt, but the police are still watching him, and not protectively either.
You have a sneaking feeling this is not going to end well for David, but although this is quite a good atmospheric film there are the usual problems with films of this nature, namely you never know quite what is going on, what is going to be dream or reality, and this can be extremely annoying. Here, he captures a ghost on film and shows it to his colleague, who sees it too. Or does she?
Well, his wife had been having an affair, and when she goes missing...
Her body is found, you guessed it, in the canal, but the pathologist is of the opinion there was no foul play.
Tragic for sure, but that would have been the end of things if David had kept his mouth shut. After the funeral, he researches the case; the deranged husband had not stopped at one murder, to begin with, there was the nanny, and of course, David has a live-in nanny for his young son. Oh dear.
The big question - is it all in his head? The police seem to think so; it is clear that in spite of the verdict the lead detective on the case believes he knows more about his wife's death than he is letting on, but when David tells him about the ghost, social services try to take his son from him. He defeats that attempt, but the police are still watching him, and not protectively either.
You have a sneaking feeling this is not going to end well for David, but although this is quite a good atmospheric film there are the usual problems with films of this nature, namely you never know quite what is going on, what is going to be dream or reality, and this can be extremely annoying. Here, he captures a ghost on film and shows it to his colleague, who sees it too. Or does she?