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Dark Places Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

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Dark Places

Release Date: Friday, August 7, 2015 Limited

Director: Gilles Paquet-Brenner

Starring: Charlize Theron Nicholas Hoult Chloë Grace Moretz Tye Sheridan Christina Hendricks

R Drama 1 hr, 53 m

  • 3.18 / 5.0
53% 47%

Plot – What's the story about?

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Plot
Libby Day (Charlize Theron) was only seven years old when her mother and two sisters were brutally murdered in their rural Kansas farmhouse. In court, the traumatized child pointed the finger at her brother, Ben (Tye Sheridan), and her testimony put the troubled 16-year-old in prison for life. Twenty-five years later, a broke and desperate Libby has run through donations from a sympathetic public and royalties from her sensational autobiography, without ever moving past the events of that night.

When Libby accepts a fee to appear at a gathering of true-crime aficionados led by Lyle Wirth (Nicholas Hoult), she is shocked to learn most of them believe Ben is innocent and the real killer is still at large. In need of money, she reluctantly agrees to help them reexamine the crime by revisiting the worst moments of her life. But as Libby and Lyle dig deeper into the circumstances surrounding the murders, her recollections start to unravel and she is forced to question exactly what she saw – or didn’t see. As long-buried memories resurface, Libby begins to confront the wrenching truths that led up to that horrific night.
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Who stars in Dark Places – Cast List

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Who is making Dark Places – Crew List

A look at Dark Places behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Gilles Paquet-Brenner last helmed Crooked House and Sarah's Key. The film's writer Gilles Paquet-Brenner last penned Sarah's Key and Walled In.

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Stephane Marsil
Peter Safran

Production – What we know about the Dark Places

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Key Facts

  • A24, in partnership with DirecTV, has picked up U.S. distribution rights.
  • The deal comes on the heels of the strong success of Gone Girl, starring Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike. Flynn wrote the novel Gone Girl and adapted it for the David Fincher-helmed film, which received critical praise and has earned $288 million worldwide.
  • Based on Gillian Flynn's best-selling novel.

Movie Filming Timeline: Production Status Updates

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Changed the movie production status to Pre-Production. Eyeing a March 2013 start.

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Changed the movie production status to Development. The movie is likely in scripting, budgeting, or stuck in 'development hell.'

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Parent Rating
R Restricted for some disturbing violence, language, drug use and sexual content
Runtime
1 hr, 53 m
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Language
English
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Dark Places Release Date: When was the film released?

Dark Places was released in limited movie theaters on Friday, August 7 , 2015. There were nine other movies released on the same date, including The Fantastic Four, The Gift and Ricki and the Flash. As a limited release, Dark Places was shown in select movie theaters in major markets.

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