The Gift

~The only witness to the crime was not even there.


Overview

Annie Wilson, young widow and mother of three, makes her living foretelling others' futures⁠—though her own has become cloudier than even she can see. Threatened by a client's violent husband and plagued by visions of a missing local woman, Annie finds herself pulled into a thicket of lies and deception in which her extraordinary gift may ultimately get her killed.


Genres


General Information

Release Date: 2000-12-22
Budget: $10000000
Revenue: $12008642
Runtime: 112 min


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