After seeing herself drive down the street, Radiologist Gina McVey unravels a mystery centered around a broken mirror.After seeing herself drive down the street, Radiologist Gina McVey unravels a mystery centered around a broken mirror.After seeing herself drive down the street, Radiologist Gina McVey unravels a mystery centered around a broken mirror.
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- TriviaThe inventive spelling of the title reads somewhat silly in Norwegian and Danish since the Ø in broken is a letter in the alphabet in these languages and sounds like the "u" in "burden". In addition "brøken" is the Norwegian and Danish word meaning "the fraction".
- GoofsWhenever it shows the car-wreck (and the replays thereof), the "person" in the driver-seat is obviously a dummy.
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[Kate and Gina are kneeling down to sweep up the large mirror that suddenly broke during dinner while the men of the family stand by and watch them]
Kate Coleman: [Quietly to Gina] I guess that's seven years back luck then.
Gina McVey: [mischievously whispering] I thought it was seven years bad sex.
Kate Coleman: No, I've already had that.
Daniel McVey: Oi, I heard that.
Kate Coleman: [smiling up at her husband] Baby, that was before I met you.
[John, Gina and Kate's father, is apparently oblivious to the entire by-play that's occurred and preoccupied by the broken mirror]
John McVey: Do you think we can fix it?
- Crazy creditsIf the music played during the first half of the closing credits sounds a bit off, that's because it's being played backwards.
- Alternate versionsLionsgate released the DVD in North American with a cropped 1.78:1 ratio. This means approx 24 percent of the original composition is missing. The DVD release in European was in its original cinematic ratio of 2.35:1. Same cropping goes for the Scandinavian DVD and Blu-ray releases by Atlantic Film.
The reality however is more grim and we are taken by surprise from what Gina discovers in her search to clear things out. Mirrors are important in this film.
The movie can be considered to belong to the horror genre although there is no gore and the violence is only suggested, not shown explicitly. Quite an experience and I would especially recommend it if you enjoyed the old British Hammer series. My rating: 8/10.
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- Tan Nát
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- £4,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $1,688,551
- Runtime1 hour 33 minutes
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- 2.35 : 1