''Restraint'' is a 2017 American

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film written and directed by Adam Cushman. The film stars

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and Caitlyn Folley as a newly married couple whose lives unravel after Angela ( Caitlyn Folley) begins reacting violently to her new suburban environment.

Plot

After Angela moves to suburbia with her controlling new husband and his 9-year-old daughter, she begins to exhibit strange behavior such as sleepwalking and nightmares. These ailments soon permeate her everyday life as her husband struggles to diagnose her physical and mental issues. Angela's burgeoning aggression becomes directed at her step-daughter Maddie, whose silent pleas to her father go unnoticed.

Cast

as Jeff Burroughs * Caitlyn Folley as Angela Burroughs *

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as Rob * Isabella Celaya as Madison Burroughs

Release

The film premiered at the

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where it won the "Best Feature" award. It was subsequently acquired for US distribution by Breaking Glass Pictures and released on November 6, 2018. Alex Saveliev writing for

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gave the film 4 out of 10 stars, saying "Restraint should have had more excess. Perhaps it would’ve worked as a farce, a phantasmagorical, theatrical, balls-out descent into madness." Cushman won the "Best Director" award for the film at the 2017 Downtown Los Angeles Film Festival. He also won the "Best Director" award for the film at the 2018 Queens World Film Festival. The film also played the 2017

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References

External links

* {{IMDb title, tt4162860 2017 horror films 2017 films 2010s psychological horror films American psychological horror films Films scored by Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson 2010s English-language films 2010s American films English-language horror films