Leave (2011)

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Henry Harper is a successful novelist who has it all. But after surviving a recent trauma he finds himself haunted by a dream that terrifies him. Convinced that the only way to understand what the dream means is to write his way through it, Henry decides to go to a remote second home to begin work on his next novel, a thriller. While on his way there he encounters a strangely familiar drifter who confronts him with information that threatens to turn everything he knows to be true, upside down. Written by producer

Intro
"Leave" is a psychological thriller film directed by Robert Celestino in 2011. This mysterious and interesting film highlights the story of a successful novelist, Henry Harper, who experiences vibrant, disturbing dreams that trigger investigations about mysterious memories from his past.

Run-throughs
Henry Harper, played by Rick Gomez, is a reputable author who sees memories in his dreams that aren't his own. These brilliant, terrifying nightmares leave him interrupted, disrupting his normal calm and made up life. To make sense of these memories that seem deeply entrenched within him, he chooses to visit his psychiatrist, Dr. Liz Lawrence, depicted by Vinessa Shaw.

The Plot
Henry Harper begins writing his brand-new unique influenced by these strange dreams he can not comprehend. His dreams take him into the life of a man, Tommy, from the past who is completely murdered. The more he looks into these scenes, the more he feels linked to the events and the male's desperate predicament for survival.

Henry starts investigating Tommy's life, the people he knows, and the situations resulting in his brutal death. His partner, a fellow novelist, Rex Larson (played by Frank John Hughes), joins him, putting themselves in situations that were merely part of Harper's problems before, now ending up being a stark truth.

The Climax & Conclusion
The plot reaches its climax when Liz reveals that Henry and Tommy are the exact same individual. The expected invention of Henry's imagination is, in truth, a reflection of his own distressing past. The for a little while relief of understanding the reality is however eclipsed by the awareness that his own life remains in risk. The story takes an even more extreme turn as Henry finds out that Tommy, a disguised part of him, was killed by hired gunman and now he too is their next target.

The film ends on a chilling note, where Henry Harper, having actually deciphered the reality, now discovers himself on a harmful course, right in the crosshairs of his previous enemy. It's an exhilarating end to a story that starts with mysterious headaches however quickly develops into a life and death scenario for its main character.

Final Remarks
The film checks out the complex layers of human memory and individual disaster. "Leave" perfectly plays out the intricacies of Harper's character and his descent into an excruciating journey of self-discovery. It supplies an insightful check out the power of dreams as a channel for reduced or concealed memories. Rick Gomez's moving representation of the troubled author and the film's tight grip on suspense and secret make it a gripping psychological thriller.

The unanticipated discovery in the climax demonstrates how our subconscious can mask a traumatic past within complicated dreams, a statement on the mind's durability and also, its vulnerability. "Leave" uses its narrative about a dream to unwind a rather poignant and terrifying fact about a man's battle against the skeletons in his closet. The movie teaches audiences how additional query can lead us back to the extremely secrets we thought were safely buried in the past.

Top Cast

  • Ron Livingston (small)
    Ron Livingston
    Dr. Liberman
  • Vinessa Shaw (small)
    Vinessa Shaw
    Amy
  • Rick Gomez (small)
    Rick Gomez
    Henry
  • Frank John Hughes (small)
    Frank John Hughes
    Chris
  • Freddie Joe Farnsworth (small)
    Freddie Joe Farnsworth
    Dark Man
  • Michael Hagerty
    Doctor
  • Gregory Mikurak
    Chris at 17
  • Brandon Waters
    Henry at 12
  • M.C. Gainey (small)
    M.C. Gainey
    Gus
  • Bryan Cranston (small)
    Bryan Cranston
    Eliot