The Rendering

"To save her husband... she must set a murderer free!"

2002 1h 31m EN

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★6.2TMDB · 11

TV MovieMysteryThriller

Synopsis

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Ten years after being molested in art school by habitual rapist Theodore Gray, who is serving 25 years but eligible for parole, Sarah Reynolds leads a happy life in a gallery and with her handsome husband, lawyer Michael Reynolds, and helps police detective Nick Sousa, who put Grat away, as sketch-artist. Then new cases following Gray's MO occur, and a victim who got away gives a description Sara hesitates to confide to paper: it fits Michael scarily. She turns it in, yet once he's behind bars searches in and is blackmailed to plead Gray's paroling or his crime cahoots will torture Michael to death.

“To save her husband... she must set a murderer free!”

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Cast

Shannen Doherty
Sarah Reynolds
Peter Outerbridge
Theodore Gray
Stephen Young
Det. Nick Sousa
John H. Brennan
Michael Reynolds
Holly Uloth
Rebecca Shapiro
John Moore
Brett

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Peter Svatek
Writers: David Amann
Languages: English
Countries: Canada

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ERA

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Released 24 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Peter Svatek, shot by François Dagenais. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by James Gelfand. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Jean-Marie Drot shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Shannen Doherty and Peter Outerbridge and Stephen Young carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "To save her husband... she must set a murderer free!".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0299110 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 11 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Peter Svatek directs. François Dagenais behind the camera. James Gelfand scores. Jean-Marie Drot cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Canada. Dialogue in English.

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1Released 24 years ago.
2Directed by Peter Svatek, shot by François Dagenais. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by James Gelfand. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Jean-Marie Drot shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Shannen Doherty and Peter Outerbridge and Stephen Young carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "To save her husband... she must set a murderer free!".
7IMDB entry: tt0299110 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 11 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
9Classified under 8 themes, including "prison", "blackmail", "detective", "victim".