The eerie and deserted ghost town of Silent Hill draws a young mother desperate to find a cure for her only child's illness. Unable to accept the doctor's diagnosis that her daughter should be permanently institutionalized for psychiatric care, Rose (Radha Mitchell) flees with her child, heading for the abandoned town in search of answers and ignoring the protests of her husband (Sean Bean). It's soon clear this place is unlike anywhere she's ever been. It's smothered by fog, inhabited by a variety of strange beings and periodically overcome by a living Darkness that literally transforms everything it touches. As Rose searches for her little girl, she begins to learn the history of the strange town and realizes that her daughter is just a pawn in a larger game.
Director: Christophe Gans
Genre: Horror
Todorov: Equilibrium - Family living together > Disequilibrium - Mother and child go to Silent Hill and strange things occur. Shannon is lost and now mother needs to find her but is fighting for her life on her quest.
Propp: Protagonist - Mother (Radha Mitchell)
Antagonist - Creatures, Silent Hill itself
Heroine - Child
Barthes: Enigma and Action Codes:
Will shannon be found?
What are those creatures?
Will she stay alive?
Will they get home?
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