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Plot, Details & Awards

Birth

(2004)

Rated R for sexuality.

R In Theaters 10/29/2004 , 100min.
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Plot & Details

Directed by Jonathan Glazer, Birth takes place in New York's Upper East Side, where Anna (Nicole Kidman), a 35-year-old widow, resides. Just as Anna has shaken off what she thought were the final remnants of her old life -- she has even found love with a new man, Joseph (Danny Huston), whom she plans on marrying -- Sean (Cameron Bright), a ten-year-old boy, comes into her life insisting that he is the reincarnation of her late husband. Though she initially brushes off the boy's claims as the result of a crush on her, his grave demeanor and uncanny knowledge of her life leads Anna through a self-reevaluation that not only threatens her marital plans with Joseph (Huston), but also strains her relationship with her mother, Eleanor (Lauren Bacall).
  • MPAA Rating: R
  • Genre(s): Crime and Mystery,Drama
  • Run Time: 100min.
  • Theatrical Release Date: 10/29/2004
  • DVD Release Date: 04/19/2005
  • Distributor(s): New Line
  • Director(s): Jonathan Glazer
  • Starring: Nicole Kidman , Cameron Bright , Danny Huston , Lauren Bacall , Alison Elliott
  • Themes: Death of a Partner,Mysterious Strangers,Reincarnation,Haunted By the Past
  • Tone: Cerebral,Chilly,Dreamlike,Eerie,Enigmatic,Ominous
  • Keywords: engagement,family-strife,life-choices,reincarnation,widow/widower
  • Country of Origin: USA (10-29-2004)
  • Language: English

Awards

Golden Globes

Year Award CategoryCast & Crew Result
2004 Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama Nicole Kidman Nominated
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