The Keeping Room
Set in American Civil War, there were no man in the town. Two Southern sisters and their African-American slave must defend their home and themselves from two rogue soldiers who have broken off from the fast-approaching Union Army.
11 December 1996, Tarzana, Los Angeles, California, USA
7 June 1982, Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK
7 August 1982, Chicago, Illinois, USA
2 September 1973, London, England, UK
30 January 1949, Bucharest, Romania
2 August 1976, Godalming, Surrey, England, UK
December 12, 2016
At times the film approaches pure horror, shocking the audience and making it expectant of what can happen next. [Full review in Spanish]
November 06, 2015
Dark, brooding and brutal, "The Keeping Room" features finely carved performances in a Civil War period piece that might as well be post-apocalyptic.
October 15, 2015
Despite its sparseness and haunting photography, the film proves to be little more than a home-invasion thriller low on thrills.
December 12, 2016
The director has distanced from the material, translating into a lack of nerves that fails to correct a final shot that closes the film. [Full review in Spanish]
February 18, 2017
With the feminist themes lurking in the background but never explored in a satisfying manner, The Keeping Room is hard to see as anything other than a missed opportunity.
December 10, 2015
Writer Julia Hart and director Daniel Barber develop the women's relationships at a careful, steady pace, giving them time to bond; this is essential since they must learn to trust and respect each other to survive.
October 30, 2015
While the gender-based farmhouse siege is suspenseful and bloody, director Daniel Barber weighs in too heavily with extended silences that slow down the goings-on of a film that has darkly lit tension, lovely scenery and fiercely presented ideas ...
December 19, 2016
A film in which Daniel Barber returns to the western, focusing again on female figures isolated in a hostile landscape. [Full review in Spanish]
October 05, 2016
This movie stays with you and I would highly recommend it. Leave your genre expectations at the door and just enjoy the beauty the environment and seeing some badass women beat up dudes for a change.
October 29, 2015
The scattershot story doesn't fully serve this stellar cast, as the drama often flags. But when it connects, the tension is almost unbearable.
December 12, 2016
The Keeping Room shines thanks to exchanges between Brit Marling, Hailee Steinfeld and Muna Otaru.
October 29, 2015
The landscape is appropriately lush, the brutality is deftly rendered, and if the action is minimal, that may be because it isn't quite the point.
