Director: Paula van der Oest
Writer: Caroline Goodall (Screenplay) Lisa St Aubin de Teran (Novel)
Starring: Claes Bang, Olga Kurylenko, Brian Cox, Assaad Bouab, Alive Krige
Plot: Will believes his wife Rosalind is innocent of their son’s suspected murder, only to discover the devastating truth behind her past links her to another unsolved crime.
Runtime: 1 Hour 33 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Story: The Bay of Silence starts when Will (Bang) believes he is going to start the perfect life with his wife Rosalind, he twins and a new baby on the way, a new big house and a career moment which could secure his place in the company for years.
After an accident during the late pregnancy Rosalind believes she lost part of a twin, taking her down a dark path, which ends up seeing their baby die, Will must investigate, what really happened to their son and whether Rosalind was behind it.
Thoughts on The Bay of Silence
Characters – Will believes he is about to start the perfect life, his career is thriving, he has married his wife, with a child on the way and a dream home. Things take a turn, when he learns about his wife’s past and when their baby dies, he is left wondering just what to expect to be the truth about what happened to their son. Rosalind is the wife that believes she has lost a baby, she starts to lose control, only for her past to show the effects to what happened to her in the past. Milton is the fixer that has always solved the problems in Rosalind’s life.
Performances – Claes Bang does show us how a husband would do anything to protect a wife from even the worst crimes, showing us how he is slowly losing his mind about what might have happened or not. Olga Kurylenko shows the changes her character is going through well, with Brian Cox being the highlight of every scene.
Story – The story here follows a husband that is trying to figure out what caused his wife sudden change, which will see him dive into her past, which brings him a shocking truth, which will explain what happened to their daughter. This story is very busy, with most of the film circling around Will needing to discover what happened, which will give us more details by the end of the film, which does make much more sense to everything we see. We get to deal with very dark subjects, which could cause the changes, while not everything does seem to get to come out from what we are seeing.
Thriller – The thriller side of this film comes from seeing what is happening, what could have happened and what did happen, we are left guessing to the truth.
Settings – The film uses the settings to show us why the dream home is only the beginning of a new nightmare for the family, where most of the locations are here to show us what happened in the past.
Scene of the Movie – The truth.
That Moment That Annoyed Me – We do have too much going on with Will that seems to lead him down different routes.
Final Thoughts – This is a thriller that will keep you guessing along with leading us to a shocking conclusion.
Signature Entertainment presents The Bay of Silence on DVD & Digital HD 28th September
