Hideaways

Hideaways is a thriller fantasy with directed by Agns Merlet and written by Nick Murphy. It stars Rachel HurdWood and Harry Treadaway. The film is a FrenchIrishSwedish coproduction.

James is sent to St. Judes reformatory, but does not adjust easily to life there. Having been homeschooled on the farm, he is not equipped with the necessary social skills or abilities on the sportsfield. He is bullied by the other boys, especially Kevin and Stephen. His only friend is Liam, the only one who shows him any kindness. His powers then kill the hurling Coachs vicious dog Tinkerbell. The principal, Mrs Moore suspects Kevin, because of his smug attitude. Kevin and Stephen attack James, for getting Kevin into trouble. A mysterious illness then sweeps through the reformatory, killing everyone except James and Liam, who flees and suffers only lung problems. In the chaos that ensues, he finally begins to comprehend the dark, destructive nature of his powers, and at the first opportunity he goes into hiding.Years later, he is discovered by a young woman, living out a lonely existence completely isolated from society. Mae named after actress Mae West has run away from hospital where she is being treated for cancer and comes across Jamess cottage deep in the woods by chance. Initially, he is reluctant to have anything to do with her, fearful of harming her, but Mae has already resigned herself to her fate and is afraid of very little certainly not of James with his gentle nature, and childlike innocence. Even when she learns his story, she is unafraid, and urges him to leave the cottage and his lonely life behind. Mae wants to savour all the time she has left in the world and hates to see someone so loving and compassionate isolated from it and denying himself everything that life has to offer. ........

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