The Keeping Hours movie storyline. Successful attorney Mark (Lee Pace) returns to his old house after the renters skipped out on rent. While there he experiences a supernatural event that forces him to reach out to his ex-wife (Carrie Coon). Ten years after their son’s death, a ghost will help reunite the estranged couple and deliver a message of life or death.
The Keeping Hours is a 2017 American supernatural horror drama film directed by Karen Moncrieff and written by Rebecca Sonnenshine. The film stars Lee Pace, Carrie Coon and Sander Thomas. The film released on July 24, 2018, via video on demand and DVD on August 7, 2018, by Universal Pictures. Seven years after the death of their son, a divorced couple is suddenly reunited by supernatural events that offer them a chance at forgiveness.
About the Story
The movie opens with a couple preparing for a wedding at their home. Mark and Elizabeth already have a son, Jacob. After eight years they make the relationship official, exchange wedding vows, and enjoy a day long reception with family and friends. Time flashes to the future with the couple divorced after the son was killed in an automobile accident. The father was driving and the mother thinks she failed to secure the boy’s seat belt. Each blame the other parent and yet themselves for the tragic death.
Mark is an attorney busy working at a large law firm. Elizabeth has remarried, wrote a book and lives in an expensive home with her step-daughters. Mark is bothered with tenants who abandoned the rented former marital home. Mark inspects the home where lights flicker and he hears strange noises. He hears footsteps and he finds Jacob’s toys in the attic. He sees Jacob and passes out. After time and adjustment, Mark accepts Jacob’s ghost as real. After Jacob asks Dad about Mommy, Mark brings Elizabeth to the home. She sees her son and thinks Mark has played some cruel trick on her. She learns to accept reality and is happy the boy is back in their lives. Neither parent can touch the boy.
Mark quits his job to make time to be with Jacob. Elizabeth visits the house each day. Jacob tells his parents he wants things back to normal including the couple back together loving one another. They all do things to make up for lost opportunities. Mom reads bedtime stories and Dad plays games. Jacob wants that real train set that he never got. The couple become close again. They learn that Jacob can leave the house so they go to the beach, build sand castles, and watch a beautiful sunset.
Jacob tells Mark that he pushed the red button that released the seat belt. Jacob caused his own death and Mark should not feel guilty and he should forgive Elizabeth. Elizabeth has been having nose bleeds and passes out after claiming to see her deceased mother. After an emergency room visit, Elizabeth tells Mark she stopped her depression medicine and the fainting was isolated and nothing to worry about. When Mark gets home, Jacob has his train set up and fully running.
The Keeping Hours (2018)
Directed by: Karen Moncrieff
Starring: Lee Pace, Carrie Coon, Sander Thomas, Ray Baker, Amy Smart, Julian Latourelle, Ana Ortiz, Molly Hagan, Brianne Howey, Anna Diop, Jane Daly, Cliff Chamberlain, Lylah Raye Acosta
Screenplay by: Rebecca Sonnenshine
Production Design by: Melanie Jones
Cinematography by: Anastas Michos
Film Editing by: Timothy Alverson
Costume Design by: Maya Lieberman
Set Decoration by: Sandra Skora
Art Direction by: Eve McCarney
Music by: Adam Gorgoni
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for thematic elements, some sensuality and language.
Distributed by: Universal Pictures
Release Date: June 15, 2017 (LAFF), July 24, 2018
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