Trauma

Frightened and disoriented, Ben (ColinFirth) awakes from a coma in hospital to discover that he has been in a car crash. When he learns that his wife Elisa (Naomie Harris) was killed in the accident, his world might as well have ended. To make things worse the outside world is obsessed with the very public death of pop star Lauren Parris. When this death turns out to be murder, media saturation ensues, leaving Ben to deal with his grief alone. Out of hospital and attempting to start a new life, Ben moves home and starts visiting Dr. Manor, a shrink, whom it transpires, saw him as a child after the death of his parents. He also picks up with an old friend Tommy (Tommy Flanagan), who takes pity on his grieving friend, particularly since Elisa's family want nothing to do with him. Meanwhile, Ben is befriended by his beautiful young neighbor, Charlotte (Mena Suvari). One evening, she invites him to a public seance with a well-regarded medium, Petra (Brenda Fricker). Ben, who has begun to be haunted by eerie visions of Elisa, takes up the invitation with chilling results. “Is he sad or is he mad?”.