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Proxy is a american film of genre Drama released in USA on 19 september 2013 with Joe Swanberg
Proxy (2014)
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Add to a movie listProxy is a 2013 American horror film directed by Zack Parker. The movie had its world premiere on September 10, 2013 at the Toronto International Film Festival. It stars Alexia Rasmussen as a pregnant young woman who joins a support group after she miscarries due to a vicious attack. The filmmakers describe Proxy as a spiritual successor to the horror film Rosemary's Baby, and its main character Esther Woodhouse is named after the earlier film's protagonist Rosemary Woodhouse.
Film rights to Proxy were picked up by IFC Midnight shortly after its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Synopsis
While walking home from a doctor's appointment, the pregnant Esther Woodhouse (Alexia Rasmussen) is knocked unconscious by a person in a hoodie who hits her belly repeatedly with a brick. Despite the efforts of emergency room doctors, her baby is already dead when removed by Caesarian section. Noticing that Esther doesn't seem to have any friends or family (the baby was conceived via sperm bank), a social worker at the hospital forwards her to a support group for grieving parents.Actors
Joe Swanberg
(Patrick Michaels)
Alexa Havins
(Melanie Michaels)
Kristina Klebe
(Anika Baron)
Alexia Rasmussen
(Esther Woodhouse)
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