Backtrack

Synopsis: Psychologist Peter Bower's life is thrown into turmoil when he discovers a strange secret about his patients. Risking his own sanity, Peter delves into his past to uncover a terrifying secret which only he can put right. But is the reward worth risking more than a single life?
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Director(s): Michael Petroni
  2 wins.
 
IMDB:
5.9
Metacritic:
43
R
Year:
2015
90 min
216 Views


- Peter.

- It's just a dream.

It's just a dream.

Go back to sleep. Go back to sleep.

What do you do, Felix?

I'm a musician.

Jazz?

Well, sort of.

Where did you use to play?

At a place called Ellington.

- Ellington Road Beaufort?

- Yes

- You used to play there?

- No, no. I played there last weekend.

Ellington place with many statues in front of him, is not it?

Yes, right.

But I remember the old place was already gone.

I do not understand what you mean.

Do you know who the President of the United States today?

What kind of question is this?

I am being curious.

Ronald Reagan.

What is the year now?

Right?

Amnesia.

What..

Did we meet before?

Yes.

Here. Last week.

So, how is your new job?

Do not get me wrong, I appreciate these cases

I just do not know how to tell it.

I remember being your assistant.

You miss Sydney?

No.

I miss analysis.

On my patients, they do not like what I thought.

What do you think?

Do you want help? I'll help you now.

Things like this are not easy to deal with.

And how do you face a problem like this?

Pete ..

I'm here to help you.

I really appreciate it.

At least you're still alive to help me.

OK..

Mary is the most beautiful girl on campus,

he left for Sydney,

he undiscovered for years

Well, that's life.

Life.

So, how's Carol?

She was devastated.

Are you still not ...

You still do not dare mention his name?

Yes.

Try to call his name, Peter.

Evie ..

Evie ...

You're hurt.

Only minor injuries.

It is okay.

What is that?

- What things interest you?

- What?

When it's not that you're messing with Evie?

Then what made you take off your attention from him?

I can not remember.

You'll remember it again.

I just need to sleep.

I want to close my eyes and fall asleep.

I started to hate others.

I do not want to be a madman.

It was absolutely horrible.

71

Am I boring you?

I'm listening.

You know, people were happy to ignore.

Like who?

Benny.

- Who is that?

- Children my daughter.

Not his real name, but that's what I call him.

Sometimes I'm tired of calling him,

As if I was not apparent in his eyes.

But I can see you.

Sometimes I wonder what I'm doing here.

What do you mean?

You know what I mean.

Do you want to kill yourself?

I can not do it.

Hello.

How did you get in here?

What you're with your parents?

You want in?

Come on.

I'm Dr. Bower. Call me Peter.

Please, sit. Up to want to sit where.

Good choice, more relaxed.

Did your parents gave you the letter?

Letters to read?

Identity Card Train Up For Students.

Elizabeth Valentine.

Beautiful name.

Hello, Elizabeth.

Can you talk?

You can read.

What did you write?

Do not be afraid it's just the sound of the train.

Wait! Wait! Wait

What are you doing?

It is nothing.

I'm looking for old files.

You know that stuff, is not it?

Forgive me.

No need to apologize.

- Did I wake you?

- No.

What you're drinking pilmu?

I slept all day.

I wanted to stop taking the pills.

Don't you remember what happened when you did not drink?

Forgive me.

Stop apologizing.

Please.

Next week anniversary of his death.

Anniversaries?

Memorial day is a day that does not need to be celebrated.

Why we moved here, Peter?

You know why.

So that we can continue our lives.

Damn !!

Come on.

Elizabeth?

How did you get in here?

Elizabeth.

What is wrong?

Elizabeth?

What do you see?

Wait.

Elizabeth, try to talk, okay?

What is that?

What is that?

What is going on over there?

Hey!!

Elizabeth?

I told the truth, Pete.

I heard on this recording only the sound of the train

And the sound of you that speak for themselves.

Although this plus a small doll, still not enough to convince me.

I'm afraid this is just ..

... Imagination alone.

Then why did I imagine that?

How about...

- Her name is Elizabeth Valentine, right?

- Yes.

His name is on the card.

- Then where the card?

- Already I return to him.

I want you to think for a moment.

- What are the two initial letters of his name?

- Who?

The girl, Elizabeth Valentine.

What is the name initials?

E and V. (Evie)

What about the doll? Where does the doll?

Could be from anywhere.

Maybe it was a doll belonging to Evie.

You make this issue as if

This is not true.

Sit down.

- It's okay, Pete.

- I have bad feeling.

Well done.

As the saying goes, at least we already know the direction of the goal.

Relax.

And tell me what makes you feel uneasy.

This is funny.

I've never seen before.

What?

The painting.

I've dreamed about the painting.

"Landscape in Winter Snow" with a picture of a bird trap, painting simple.

If you look a little closer you will find

something odd, something evil in the painting.

Trap the bird.

You can see the bird trapped

if you're hiding behind the window.

That's what keeps me thinking about the dream.

The dream contains one question.

Who is behind the window?

Who are the people who do not want you to see, Peter?

Who is behind the window?

Other.

Who?

Evie !!

You missed your station.

Erika, patient.

Erika?

You fell asleep.

What was the last station?

Do you remember our conversation that day?

I've been thinking.

Why can not I commit suicide?

Do you know why?

- Sorry, I have ..

- I know why.

Easy.

Because I was dead ...

Letters of Death (Erika George)

Registry office.

Valentine

Certificate of Death.

Die.

Felix Matthers

Certificate of Death

Felix Matthers - Date of Death: 07/12/87

12/7/87

July 12, 1987

Duncan, this is Peter.

I found something.

I know it's late.

But please call me.

Please.

And the strangest thing is,

they all died on the same date.

July 12?

Yes.

Does that date mean anything to you?

No.

Are you sure? Think again.

But Duncan,

No I want you,

that can makes you think I'm nuts.

Look at this.

They are patients.

This is a list of their names.

You do not speak a single word?

I know if thought out carefully,

It would have been just a story I made up.

Or some sort of hallucinatory alone.

But sometimes there are things that are not

can be explained by human reason.

Like what?

As destiny that makes you

recommend such patients.

If you conclude that I

deliberately give patients the ghost.

So who the real me?

Melton

Melton

Bacchus Marsh

Maryborough

false Creek

false Creek

Hey.

Hey dad.

Come on.

Dad was trying to keep myself busy.

- What do you drive?

- No, I took the train.

How is your work?

My work?

Not good.

What father could not dispose of these items?

So what is it?

What do you mean father?

What really happened?

You came without saying earlier,

do not bring a car, purse, and not with Carol.

Are you okay?

I think I'm the psychiatrist.

And father was a policeman.

Dad retired, is not it?

Not too long ago.

So, the father had put the mother?

It's been 10 years.

Do not touch it.

So what is actually the father doing here?

Men's work.

Men's work?

Dad always spend time here

when I was a child, and the mother ignored me.

I apologize not have time to come when Evie was buried.

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Michael Petroni

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