Rabbit Hole
Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart play Becca and Howie Corbett, a couple trying to mourn, but unsure how to do it.
They have retreated into politeness and private rituals, appearing more and more isolated in their upper middle-class home, which looks especially barren now that their young son is gone after a hit-and-run tragedy.
Unable to mourn but unready to re-enter daily life, Becca rebuffs her family, snapping at her more reckless sister and humiliating her mother (Dianne Wiest) every chance she gets.
She even turns her sharp tongue on the members of the support group which she and her husband attend.
As Howie makes genuine efforts to connect - including an overly earnest attempt with another mourning parent, played by Sandra Oh - Becca begins to pursue a course even she doesn’t understand.
She starts to reach out to the boy who killed her son, a teenaged driver whose life was irrevocably changed by the incident.
Their relationship, full of curiosity, suppressed rage and a surprising mutual recognition, forms the fascinating counterpoint to the discordant notes of a marriage in crisis. - Cameron Bailey Toronto Internantional Film Festival.
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Aaron Eckhart, Dianne Wiest, Miles Teller, Tammy Blanchard, Sandra Oh