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MOVIE · 2009

Case 39

HorrorMysteryThriller109 min

Renée Zellweger is Emily Jenkins, a seasoned social worker who thinks she has seen every kind of family crisis until she takes on the case of 10-year-old Lilith Sullivan. When Emily discovers the girl’s parents are trying to harm her, she brings Lilith into her own home while searching for a safer place for her to live. But Jodelle Ferland’s Lilith comes with something far harder to explain, and Emily’s attempt to protect her starts pulling in police, psychiatrists, and a series of increasingly disturbing events.

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