Movie Night #108: Til Human Voices Wake Us

Movie Night 108:  Til Human Voices Wake Us (2002)

Director:  Michael Petroni

Cast:  Guy Pierce, Helena Bonham Carter

Plot:  A psychologist professor with repressed memory is called home to bury his father.  On the train ride home, he meets a woman named Ruby (Carter).  After the funeral, he goes out for a drive in a rain storm and sees Ruby on the side of a bridge overlooking a river.  As she jumps off of the bridge, he goes in after her, saves her, and takes her home.  Upon waking the next day, Ruby claims to have amnesia and the two embark on a psychological journey to recover her memories, and unlock Pierce’s own hidden past. 

I remember watching this flick when I first got a Netflix account, and thinking that it was a nice piece that would be underappreciated by most people who watched it.  The plot moves very slowly, and the reveals aren’t as jaw-dropping as movie-going audiences would probably like to see.  But it’s a nice flick, filled with some very touching moments.  Certainly worth a rental, if you don’t mind the slower pace.