Shelley Page #2

Synopsis: Louise and Kasper, a Danish couple, live in an isolated villa in the middle of the forest away from modern life, technology and even electricity. Louise's biggest dream is to become a mother but she is unable to have children. She finally decides, out of desperation, to seal a pact with her Romanian maid, Elena. Elena accepts to bear Louise's child as a surrogate mother in exchange for a large amount of money. The life growing inside of her is taking shape too fast, affecting the lives of everyone like an evil force. Paranoia and horror set in around the inevitable birth...
Genre: Drama, Horror
Director(s): Ali Abbasi
Production: Profile Pictures
  1 win & 8 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.2
Metacritic:
62
Rotten Tomatoes:
100%
NOT RATED
Year:
2016
92 min
55 Views


and a door.

Now, I want you

to open the door..

...and step inside.

Now, what do you see?

- I cannot see anything.

It is too dark.

There is no, um...Electricity.

Mmm.

-Now..

There is an object.

There is something

in this room.

It's a dark thing.

Maybe an animal.

- It is a dog.

- A dog?

Now, Elena..

...i want you

to take this dog

and take it out of the room.

I'm dragging the dog

out of the room.

Out of the room.

- No.

- Elena?

How are you feeling?

- How is nicu?

- He's fine.

- Did you talk to him today?

- Yes.

So, what was going on in there?

- Leo was, uh, removing

all the negative energies

that had...Manifested

themselves in your body.

And you had a strong reaction

towards it.

- Mm.

- Oh, no, no, no, no.

You don't have to do that.

- I can do that.

- Oh, thank god.

I have to do something.

I'm bored.

- Well..

So, how is my baby today?

- It's my baby.

- It is.

- Are you okay?

- Mm.

Oh, yeah, it's just a cramp.

- Are you sure?

- Mm-hmm.

I had this with nicu

all the time.

- You sure you're okay?

- Mm-hmm. Yeah.

- Okay.

It has to drive well.

Can it only drive backwards?

The cake is delicious.

It's a bit juicy.

- It's mushy. It's really delicious.

- Mushy?

That's what it's called.

I can't help it, that's what it's called.

- Oh, there you are.

- Hi, Elena.

- Come and sit with us.

- Hi.

- Ahem.

- Hi.

- You look like

you need some cake.

- I need some cake.

- Here you go.

- Yes. Oh.

That is a bit big there.

- Thank you.

- You're welcome.

What do you think it will be?

Do you have any idea about the sex?

Normally you have some kind of feeling.

I'm positive it will be a girl.

Nana thought so too with sigurd,

but really...

It's like... boys wanna have boys,

girls wanna have girls.

- Maybe.

- You'll see when the baby comes.

- We'll have to wait and see.

- Can I have the milk?

Have you talked names?

What's happening?

What're you doing? Are you completely

insane? What're you doing?

- Are you alright?

Elena, are you sure?

- Simon.

- Yes, come here.

- What're you doing? You can't do that.

- What's going on, huh?

- Elena, are you okay?

- Yes.

- Are you sure?

- Yes.

- I'm really, really sorry.

I -- I don't know

why he did that.

- Oh, that's alright.

- Are you okay?

- Yeah.

So you're going to be a dad.

Yes.

You're excited?

Yes.

Yeah, it...

But it'll be an experience.

I wasn't excited either.

When we got sigurd.

When he was born,

i didn't feel anything.

It only came along the way.

I see.

- You'll be a good enough dad.

- Yes.

Do you think there's something

wrong with her?

With Elena?

Yes.

No. What do you mean?

What should be wrong with her?

She is very thin.

Well, she is kind of...

She is kind of a slender type.

- Well, I hope

he didn't scare you.

I don't know

what got into him.

He was acting

really strange today.

- It takes more to scare me.

- Mm.

Are you smoking?

- Of course not.

- Good.

You're so good at it.

Little friend...

- Who are you talking to?

- Shelley.

Isn't she amazing?

- So, has your baby

had enough fresh air now?

- Are you cold?

- I'd like to go inside.

- Yeah.

- Come.

- Yeah, this is good.

It looks good on you.

And it's organic

alpaca wool as well.

- Mm-hmm.

- Because I know you love that.

No, but honestly,

it's -- it's really good.

It's good.

It's very warm and very soft.

Okay, let's try it on.

I don't know,

you need to wear something.

And, I -- I don't know.

Take it off then.

Oh, what is this?

- Uh, my skin is dry

and it -- it itches.

- Oh, we need to get you

some...Lotion for this.

Poor thing.

You must try

not to scratch too much.

- Hello.

- Hello.

- Are you okay?

- Yes.

- Good.

- You're gonna love this.

This is a chanterelle.

You know?

It's -- it's

the king of mushrooms.

- I thought you were king

of mushrooms.

- Ooh. Ha ha.

- Take it. Oh, you shouldn't

eat that much.

We're preparing

this wonderful soup for you.

- You know?

- You're so pale.

Are you taking

your iron still?

- Oh, yes.

Mmm..

- What are you looking for?

- The sugar?

- But if you only eat

sugar and white bread, it's

you know.. No wonder

that you feel so tired.

- Kasper, do you know?

- What?

- The sugar.

- The sugar is right here.

- There you go.

- You're incredibly unwise sometimes.

- It doesn't matter.

I don't know.

It's not so good.

I don't know exactly.

I can't do it any longer.

I don't know. I'm tired and...

I'm in pain all the time.

This is not normal.

Everything is very strange.

Yes.

- There it is.

Uh, the baby is doing

just fine, Elena.

- That's fantastic to hear.

- Yeah.

Inner organs look

as they should.

No irregularities whatsoever.

Absolutely nothing

to worry about.

- See.

- You want to know the sex?

- Yes, I do.

- It's a girl.

- Oh, I said it was a girl.

- Yeah, and a big one.

- Yeah?

- Strong and healthy,

a real viking.

- Yeah?

What?

- Just a second.

Well..

- No.

- Never mind.

We got what we needed.

- Okay.

- I just, I just feel like

something is wrong. I know.

- Everything is fine.

You okay?

- Yeah. But look at this.

- Yeah.

- What's this?

- Elena has this bad habit

of scratching herself.

- It's not a habit.

I just feel like my skin is on fire.

- It's only dry skin.

You have to moisturize it.

You're pregnant.

Skin irritation,

headaches, dizziness

that's all part

of a pregnancy.

For some women,

it can be pretty awful.

Believe me,

I've tried it myself.

- It's going to hurt me.

- Elena, it's a harmless

little baby

and it is doing well.

Trust me, I've seen this before.

Okay?

Okay?

- Okay.

- Hi.

I didn't wake you up?

Here you go.

Are you sure you don't wanna

come down with us?

- Mm.

I'm tired.

- Yeah.

Elena..

...thank you for doing this.

- You don't have to thank me.

Ah!

- Elena, come on.

- Ah! It hurts me.

- Elena, stop it.

You're scaring me.

What's wrong?

- I don't know.

- Come on. It's..

- I think the baby

is doing this.

- What?

- The baby's doing this.

- Are you kidding me?

It's okay.

Get out, Elena.

Get out.

Let me help you

okay. Careful,

careful, careful.

- This is wrong.

- What's wrong?

- This is wrong.

- Oh, stop it, please.

- I want it out.

- Elena, stop it!

Elena!

- I want it out.

I want it out.

I want it out.

- Stop! Stop!

Stop it. Stop it!

- Out! Out!

- Stop it!

Elena..

Elena, are you okay?

Talk to me, please.

- Please take it out.

Sweetheart...

Go to sleep now.

- Elena.

Elena, what are you doing?

Elena, can you hear me?

Are you okay?

You scare me.

Elena?

Is there anything we can get you, Elena?

Just tell us.

What do you think is wrong,

Kasper?

I think we should call her family.

We can't.

You know that if they come,

they will take both her and the baby.

That's out of the question. I know

what you're saying but we can't do that.

We have to be much, much better

at taking care, right?

That's what we should do.

- Hmm.

- I made you

blueberry pancakes.

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Ali Abbasi

Ali Abbasi (Urdu: علی عبّاسی‬) (August 1961 – 30 July 2004) was a Pakistani-born Scottish television presenter, born in Karachi. He moved from Pakistan to Glasgow, in 1963, with his parents as a child and joined BBC Scotland as a travel presenter in the 1980s. He went on to publish numerous books and became a champion for the Gaelic language, appearing in the Gaelic children's series Dè a-nis? and the comedy series Air ais air an Ran Dan ("Back on the Ran Dan") He joined BBC Scotland as a travel presenter in 1994 from Glasgow City Council, where he worked as an art gallery assistant. As well as presenting travel news at the BBC, Abbasi worked as an audio technician with outside broadcasts and radio cars.Abbasi was appointed Gaelic reading champion by the Scottish Executive in 2003. Abbasi died in Glasgow of lupus. more…

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