Case 39

Caseis a 2009 American psychological horror film directed by Christian Alvart, and stars Rene Zellweger, Jodelle Ferland, Bradley Cooper and Ian McShane.

Emily Jenkins Rene Zellweger is a social worker living in Oregon, who is assigned to investigate the family of tenyearold Lillith Sullivan Jodelle Ferland, as her grades have declined and an emotional rift with her parents has emerged. Emily suspects that the parents have been mistreating Lillith. Emilys fears are confirmed when Lilliths parents try to kill her by gassing her in the oven at home. Emily saves Lillith with the help of Detective Mike Barron Ian McShane. Lillith is originally sent to a childrens home, but she begs Emily to look after her instead. With the agreement of the board, Emily is assigned to take care of Lillith until a suitable foster family comes along. In the meantime, Lilliths parents, Edward and Margaret Callum Keith Rennie and Kerry OMalley are placed in a mental institution.Not too long after Lillith moves in, strange things begin to happen around Emily. Two weeks later, another of Emilys cases, a boy named Diego Alexander Conti, suddenly murders his parents, and Barron informs Emily that somebody phoned Diego from her house the night before the crime. As she is suspected of involvement in the incident, Lillith undergoes a psychiatric evaluation by Emilys best friend, Douglas J. Ames Bradley Cooper. During the session, however, Lillith turns the evaluation around, asking Douglas what his fears are and subtly threatening him. That night after receiving a strange phone call, Douglas is panicked by a mass of hornets coming out of his body in hysteria and kills himself in his bathroom. ........

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