Film Review

THE GERALD GAME

SCRIPT: STEPHEN KING

GENRE: TERROR

CAST:
CARLA GUGINO (JESSIE BURLINGAME)
BRUCE GREENWOOD (GERALD BURLINGAME)

SYNOPSIS:

Jessie (Carla Gugino) and Gerald (Bruce Greenwood) are a mature couple who have been married for 11 years and are already running out of resources to fan the flame of love and desire. They decide to travel to a remote cabin in hopes of revitalizing their deteriorating relationship in a secluded and peaceful setting.

There Gerald proposes a sexual game to his wife: handcuffing her to the bed to increase the sensations.

Gerald after taking the famous blue pill dies of a heart attack, Jessie tries to break the handcuffs that bind her physically and spiritually and she will have to fight for her survival because she has no way to free herself.

The film focuses on the game of escaping death, on accepting the origin of fears and the fight not to go crazy in complete solitude. "The Game of Gerald" is a quite psychological film, and that at certain moments delves into serious themes mixed with fantasy.

ATT:

JUAN HERNAN TREJO RODRIGUEZ

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