The Truth About Emanuel

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6.0/10

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Jessica Biel and Kaya Scodelario in The Truth About Emanuel (2013)

A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.

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Coming-of-Age Psychological Drama Teen Drama Drama Mystery Thriller

A troubled girl becomes preoccupied with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to her dead mother.A troubled girl becomes preoccupied with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to her dead mother.A troubled girl becomes preoccupied with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to her dead mother.

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IMDb RATING

6.0/10

9.8K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 5 wins & 1 nomination total

Trivia
Rooney Mara was originally cast but dropped out due to scheduling conflicts. Kaya Scodelario replaced her in the lead role.

Goofs
In the last scene, when the two women gaze up at the sky, there are no visible constellations. Not one.

Quotes
[first lines]
Emanuel: My name is Emanuel. I'm 17 years old and I killed my mother. I had her sliced open, like a goat for the slaughter, to get me pulled out. As she bled, the doctor pushed air into my lungs and pressed his hands repeatedly onto my chest, with the same rhythmic, repetitive motion that he used to jerk himself off that very morning. It worked. He came and I came. Back to life.
Emanuel: The fact that my mother lost her life for this--for me--is probably just a side note. The cost of doing business. But it's me who pays. It's on my tab. And it accumulates interest with every passing year. My point is, there's no place for me. Because I'm not supposed to be here. Maybe if I was some sort of Olympic athlete, or a genius scientist. But I'm not. I'm not any of those things. I'm just a girl. A murderer without a motive. So I serve my time, waiting for my sentence to be up.

Connections
Featured in Starfilm (2017)

Soundtracks
Laisse Tomber les Filles
Music by Serge Gainsbourg
Lyrics by Serge Gainsbourg
Performed by France Gall

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Review

Featured review

8/10

What an Oscar film centered on a teen girl should be

8 of 10. Truly a film that can be considered art, telling a bizarre story of how a teen girl deals with more typical, everyday parents, neighbors, boys, and a psycho. It manages to do this while still keeping it sexy and mysterious all the way to the end.

Maybe it deserves a higher score, but there are some character incongruities and other annoyances that might not be noticed by the target audience, but get in the way of us non-teen girls with functioning attention spans.

Nonetheless, the combination of the story, settings, colors, clothes, music, and synergy among an odd assortment of actors make for all the things one expects from a film getting an Academy Award nomination.