Movie: Trauma (2004/I)
- Director: Marc Evans
- Release Date: 17 September 2004 (UK)
- Run Time: Japan:93 min (DVD version) | USA:88 min (Sundance Film Festival)
- Country: UK
- Genre: Drama , Horror , Mystery , Thriller
- MPAA: Rated R for language and some violent images.
Tagline: Believe what you see what you believe.
Goofs: Boom mic visible: In one of the late scenes in the morgue/basement when Ben is talking to Charlotte the boom mic is clearly visible in the top right of the picture
“Awaking from a coma to discover his wife has been killed in a car accident, Ben’s world may as well have come to an end. A few weeks later, Ben’s out of hospital and, attempting to start a new life, he moves home and is befriended by a beautiful young neighbor Charlotte. His life may be turning around but all is not what it seems and, haunted by visions of his dead wife, Ben starts to lose his grip on reality… Written by press release”
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