BIFFF 2017 (35th)
35th Brussels International Festival of Fantasy, Thriller and Science-Fiction Film
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- DirectorColm McCarthyStarsSennia NanuaFisayo AkinadeDominique TipperA scientist and a teacher living in a dystopian future embark on a journey of survival with a special young girl named Melanie.opening
- DirectorJackson StewartStarsGraham SkipperChase WilliamsonBrea GrantTwo estranged brothers reunite at their missing father's video store and find a VCR board game dubbed 'Beyond The Gates' that holds a connection to their father's disappearance.opening
- DirectorOriol PauloStarsMario CasasAna WagenerJose CoronadoA successful entrepreneur accused of murder and a witness preparation expert have less than three hours to come up with an impregnable defense.
- DirectorBen WheatleyStarsSharlto CopleyBrie LarsonArmie HammerSet in Boston in 1978, a meeting in a deserted warehouse between two gangs turns into a shoot-out and a game of survival.
- DirectorJeremy GillespieSteven KostanskiStarsAaron PooleKenneth WelshEllen WongShortly after delivering a patient to an understaffed hospital, a police officer experiences strange and violent occurrences seemingly linked to a group of mysterious hooded figures.
- DirectorAnurag KashyapStarsNawazuddin SiddiquiVicky KaushalSobhita DhulipalaRamanna, a maniac murderer, finds a soulmate in Raghavan, a policeman, who inspects his murder cases. He tries to make Raghavan realize how they both are similar.
- DirectorKimo StamboelTimo TjahjantoStarsIko UwaisChelsea IslanSunny PangUwais plays a young man who washes ashore, an amnesiac with a serious head injury whose past comes back to haunt him shortly after being nursed back to health by a young doctor. Violence ensues. Sweet, sweet violence.
- DirectorNicolas PesceStarsKika MagalhãesWill BrillOlivia BondIn their secluded farmhouse, a mother (a former surgeon) teaches her daughter, Francisca, anatomy, and how life and death are not to be feared. One afternoon, a mysterious visitor shatters the idyll of their family life, and deeply traumatises Francisca, but also awakens curiosities. Years later, Francisca clings to her increasingly distant father, but the trauma she sustained reawaken when her desire to connect with the world around her takes on a dark form.
- DirectorPeter DukesStarsSkeet UlrichSean YoungChristine DonlonUnaware that the employee paid to scare them has been possessed by a demon, four friends must overcome their rising terror and find the way out of the escape room before it's too late.
- DirectorSion SonoStarsAmi TomiteMariko TsutsuiFujikoJapan's oldest major movie studio asks a batch of venerable filmmakers to revive its high-brow soft-core Roman Porno series.
- DirectorTae-hwa EomStarsGang Dong-wonShin Eun-sooLee Hyo-JeFive children go to the mountains; magically, one comes back a man.
- DirectorRaúl ArévaloStarsAntonio de la TorreLuis CallejoRuth DíazA hard-working single mother and wife of a getaway driver who is about to be released is approached by an unassuming and gentle man, completely unaware though of his inscrutable and utterly impelling motives.
- DirectorStefan RuzowitzkyStarsVioletta SchurawlowTobias MorettiSammy SheikA vicious serial killer is targeting prostitutes in Vienna, Austria. A tough young woman from Turkey who works as a taxi driver witnesses one of the murders and becomes a target. The police are of no help, so she must stop him herself.
- DirectorAlastair OrrStarsSharni VinsonCarlyn BurchellSteven John WardAfter a young woman is kidnapped, her captors soon come to realize that in fact they may be the ones in danger and this young woman has a dark secret inside her.
- DirectorSteven KastrissiosStarsGëzim RudiEmiljano PalaliSuela BakoA struggling family in Albania, wrestling with tradition, must unite against a mysterious clan's aggressions, leading to a 'blood feud' that is all too familiar in the Balkans.
- DirectorAndrea De SicaStarsVincenzo CreaLudovico SuccioFabrizio RongioneJournalist Alicia is contacted by a small Catholic orphanage referred to as "Limbo" to come visit and report on mysterious "sickness" that plagues home's children.
- DirectorLiam GavinStarsSteve OramCatherine WalkerSusan LoughnaneA determined young woman and a damaged occultist risk their lives and souls to perform a dangerous ritual that will grant them what they want.
- DirectorSean BrosnanStarsGabe WhiteChester RushingTrina LaFargueDeaf since having his hearing knocked out at the age of 12, Asher has been training for almost two decades to avenge himself on Ivan, the man that killed his older brother, 21 years ago. And now that his nemesis is out of prison, he gets his chance. But Asher's target also happens to be his father.
- DirectorFabrice du WelzStarsChadwick BosemanLuke EvansAlfred MolinaJacob King, a mysterious outsider from South Africa, arrives in Los Angeles to look for his missing younger sister.
- DirectorDaniel KwanDaniel ScheinertStarsPaul DanoDaniel RadcliffeMary Elizabeth WinsteadA hopeless man stranded on a deserted island befriends a dead body, and together they go on a surreal journey to get home.
- DirectorKae-Byeok LeeStarsYoo Hae-jinLee JoonJo Yun-hieA hapless loser assumes the identity of an amnesia victim without knowing that he is an assassin.
- DirectorHomero OlivettoStarsCauã ReymondHumberto MartinsSophie CharlotteIn an arid and poor region of Brazil, bikers search for a miracle to make it rain and save the land, risking their lives.
- DirectorIsti MadarászStarsDénes SzárazDorina MartinovicsZsolt AngerA drug dealer and his girlfriend betray their boss on their last mission, and the lead gets stuck in a timeloop.
- DirectorHong-jin MoStarsShim Eun-kyungYun Je-munKim Sung-ohA little girl who lost her father to a serial killer 15 years ago awaits for his release, while a suspecting detective follows the killer upon release.
- DirectorMatt StuertzStarsNathan EswineLarissa WhiteJenna McDonaldAfter a girl goes missing, two of her friends and a mysterious set of strangers find themselves drawn to the cabin in the woods where she disappeared. They will laugh, they will drink, they will kiss, they will make love, and THEY MUST ALL DIE.
- DirectorBabak AnvariStarsNarges RashidiAvin ManshadiBobby NaderiAs a mother and daughter struggle to cope with the terrors of the post-revolution, war-torn Tehran of the 1980s, a mysterious evil begins to haunt their home.
- DirectorMehmet KurtulusAyse ÜnalStarsUgur YücelDemet EvgarOkan YalabikA profane house cat must deal with the arrival of his illegitimate son, an accidental killing, his owner's eviction and more within the course of a day of debauchery and mayhem.???
- DirectorDennis BartokStarsShauna MacdonaldSteve WallLeah McNamaraRecovering after a terrible accident, Dana struggles to regain her life and family when she encounters a malevolent ghost in her hospital room.
- DirectorÁrpád SopsitsStarsKároly HajdukGábor JászberényiZsolt AngerTrue story of a serial killer in 1950-60s Hungary.
- DirectorChristian NicolsonStarsChristian NicolsonSez NiedererDaniel PujolThree ordinary guys are thrust into a parallel world of an old Sci-Fi movie. Trapped in a low budget universe they must somehow fight their way home before it is too late.
- DirectorBaltasar KormákurStarsBaltasar KormákurHera HilmarGísli Örn GarðarssonA troubled father working as a doctor decides to go to extreme measures to save his daughter from the devastating influence of her drug-dealer boyfriend.
- DirectorFedor BondarchukStarsIrina StarshenbaumAlexander PetrovRinal MukhametovAfter a spaceship crash-lands in the center of Moscow, a young woman finds herself torn between loyalty to her seemingly normal life and the allure of a new state of being promised by one of the aliens.
- DirectorLok Man LeungKim-Ching LukStarsAaron KwokTony Ka Fai LeungChow Yun-FatAfter the end of Cold War mission, a new incident is happened at Hong Kong. However, cops cannot catch the killer and the police suspects each other in the organization.
- DirectorNikolay KhomerikiStarsPyotr FyodorovSergey PuskepalisAleksandr PalToward the icebreaker "Mikhail Gromov" is moving a huge iceberg. Leaving from collision, the ship falls into the ice trap, and is forced to drift near the coast of Antarctica.
- DirectorChris PeckoverStarsOlivia DeJongeLevi MillerEd OxenbouldOn a quiet suburban street, a babysitter must defend a twelve-year-old boy from intruders, only to discover it's far from a normal home invasion.
- DirectorEric ValetteStarsTomer SisleyTerence YinPascal GreggoryA dangerous hitman finds refuge in a farm but stumbles upon drug dealers and racist farmers.
- DirectorSimon RumleyStarsSean Patrick FlaneryMike DoyleErin CummingsWhen a young man is executed for committing murder, he leaves behind a curse letter, promising vengeance for all those connected to his unfair trial.
- DirectorAvid LiongorenStarsRhian RamosEnzo MarcosTJ TrinidadA geeky wannabe comic book artist has a hopeless crush on a beautiful and spunky inventor.
- DirectorIvan SilvestriniStarsKatrina BowdenKrew HodgesNixon HodgesA mother and her son plan a surprise visit to Los Angeles to see her husband/his father. Halfway there they get into a terrible accident in the middle of nowhere and now must fight to survive.
- DirectorJoe DietschLouie GibsonStarsMartin Dingle WallKen LallyKenny WormaldAn alcoholic drifter must battle withdrawal and psychotic rednecks after he becomes the target of a deranged sporting event.
- DirectorHatem KhraicheStarsClara LagoÁlex GonzálezAndrés ParraHelena has lived on a spaceship since birth 20 years ago. She meets her first human besides her dead parents, when Álex repairs the oxygen supply. Things are not what they seem.
- DirectorKim Seong-hunStarsHa Jung-wooBae DoonaOh Dal-suA man is on his way home when the poorly constructed tunnel he is driving through collapses, leaving him trapped.
- DirectorChristian AlvartStarsTil SchweigerFahri YardimLuna SchweigerGerman police officer tries to save his daughter from an influence of a vicious crime organization.
- DirectorYasushi KawamuraKei'ichi SatoStarsDaisuke OnoMao IchimichiTomohiro KakuAfter being brutally murdered in a subway station, a teen boy awakens to find himself resurrected by a strange computer named Gantz, and forced to fight a large force of invading aliens in Osaka.
- DirectorJesse HollandAndy MittonStarsAnnette O'TooleClark FreemanJohn GloverMiles Grissom offers $30,000 to the first person who can prove to him that we go on after death.
- DirectorKeishi OtomoStarsTôma IkutaMasaki OkadaChiaki KuriyamaCompany tries to make a science fiction murder mystery using the worst caption translation methods in history. Can their elite detectives learn to understand one another well enough to inform the audience of the outcome? Paying into audience will be in resulting of climax.
- DirectorDaniel de la VegaStarsJulieta CardinaliEleonora WexlerRafael FerroVirginia will do the impossible in order to rescue her daughter, who has been abducted. After a lethal accident, she is given the the chance to live one day more. On her path, she will find out that there are worse fates than death.
- DirectorNorbert KeilStarsRebecca ForsytheLucie AronBarbara CramptonKira's skin starts to age rapidly, dry out and crumble away. But then she discovers that she can replace her own skin with somebody else's.
- DirectorDante LamStarsHanyu ZhangEddie PengBaoguo ChenInspired by the true story known as the Mekong Massacre--two Chinese commercial vessels are ambushed while traveling down the Mekong River in the waters of the Golden Triangle, one of the largest drug-manufacturing regions in the world. 13 sailors are executed at gunpoint, and 900,000 methamphetamine pills are recovered at the scene. Upon discovery, the Chinese government immediately sends a band of elite narcotics officers led by Captain Gao Gang (Zhang Hanyu) to the Golden Triangle to uncover the truth behind the murders. Tea field owner and Golden Triangle-based intelligence officer Fang Xinwu (Eddie Peng) joins the investigation. After it is discovered that the drugs seized on the Chinese ships had been planted by the henchman of a notorious drug cartel leader named Naw Khar, the governments of Thailand, Laos, Myanmar and China launch a joint task force to apprehend the criminal. The road to justice is, however, paved with dangerous and deadly obstacles.
- DirectorYûichi FukudaStarsOsamu AdachiHirofumi AraiNarushi IkedaKyosuke still wears Aiko's panties to battle evil. Meanwhile, Aiko has mixed emotions and decide to get her panties back from Kyosuke. Kyosuke suffers from the loss and disappears. The biggest enemy yet appears in front of Kyosuke.
- DirectorCarson MellStarsSteve ZissisMark ProkschDan BakkedahlWhen ghosts invade their vacation home, a successful artist and his family hire an exorcist who may be more frightening than the spirits he's been hired to destroy.
- DirectorSteven GomezStarsThure LindhardtVanessa KirbyDavid AjalaSet in a near future, technology-reliant society that pits man against killing machines.
- DirectorYu-Hsun ChenStarsShu QiQianyuan WangHsiao-chuan ChangIt is an unusual day for the remote and isolated Desire Village. A mysterious Taoist priest brings a magical equipment that can erase one's memory. Since then, all the villagers have forgotten their past, living "happily ever after", while the dangerous plot behind their back is just about to be unveiled.
- DirectorLawrie BrewsterStarsMichael BrewsterRoss CampbellLeon CarringtonA homeless veteran battles to survive against his demons in the remote Highlands of Scotland
- DirectorAdam RifkinStarsMissi PylePenn JilletteHarry HamlinHerbert Blount aspires to replace the real director of a movie and make it his own by capturing the lead actress and inflicting much horror upon her in his version.
- DirectorClaire WasmundStarsFernando NoorKatelyn CauseyBill WattersonAfter a near death experience, a man becomes a born again Christian; when he wants to sell a memoir based on his rebirth, an ex girlfriend threatens to expose a damning secret; he must decide to take action, or just pray she doesn't tell.
- DirectorStephen ChowStarsChao DengShow LoYuqi ZhangShan, a mermaid, is sent to assassinate Xuan, a developer who threatens the ecosystem of her race, but ends up falling in love with him instead.
- DirectorTakashi ShimizuStarsHideaki TakizawaDaiki AriokaMugi KadowakiWhen abused children return after they went missing, their abusers find a mysterious death after 3 days. Local newspaper reporter Shunya investigates the deaths, while his girlfriend Naomi gets too close to one of the haunted children.
- DirectorRichard PerryStarsTianna NoriSimon NaderTia Benbow-HartA successful therapist walks into his office and finds his patient has been murdered. He becomes the main suspect and will have to do whatever it takes to prove his innocence.
- DirectorNathan AmbrosioniStarsNathan AmbrosioniThierry AzzopardiVanessa AzzopardiJane and Simon are two young police officers leading a routine investigation following the discovery of hidden video equipment in an abandoned house by a night watchman. But the first filmed images go well beyond a simple holiday movie. The two investigators realize that they have to move quickly if are to find out what has become of Steven, Stephanie, Olivia, Sam and Sebastien..... before it's too late. Written and directed by Nathan Ambrosioni, with Nathalie Couturier, Luna Miti, Remy Jobert, Vanessa Azzopardi....
- DirectorMar TargaronaStarsBlanca PortilloAntonio DechentVicente RomeroWhen her boy's alleged kidnapper is released for lack of solid evidence, a reputable and well-known attorney takes matters into her own hands with unintended and spectacularly disastrous consequences.
- DirectorJason FlemyngStarsFreema AgyemanAdrian BowerRoman ClarkFacing difficult times and with their glory days long gone, the eight undisputed British vampire overlords gather up for their semi-centennial meeting. However, before the break of dawn, there will be blood. And corpses. Lots of them.
- DirectorBen ParkerStarsJohannes KuhnkeCharlotte SaltJames McArdleA three-man Special Ops team on a secret recovery mission and a civilian pilot become trapped underwater in a small claustrophobic submersible craft off the coast of North Korea.
- DirectorYûji ShimomuraStarsTak SakaguchiYura KondoTakumi SaitôA legend covert soldier with a mysterious past now decides to once again unleash his beast inside of him to stand up for what he cares about.
- DirectorAlex HelfrechtJörg TittelStarsÓlafur Darri ÓlafssonFiona ShawOlivia WilliamsA 12-year-old boy rebels after a brutal government labels his father a traitor and imprisons him.
- DirectorJuan Carlos MedinaStarsDouglas BoothOlivia CookeSam ReidIn Victorian London, a Scotland Yard inspector hunts down the sadistic killer behind a series of gory, Jack the Ripper-Like murders.
- DirectorAndré ØvredalStarsBrian CoxEmile HirschOphelia LovibondA father and son, both coroners, are pulled into a complex mystery while attempting to identify the cause of death of a young woman who was apparently harboring dark secrets.
- DirectorSin-Hang ChiuPak-Wing YanStarsBabyjohn ChoiMin Chen LinSiu-Ho ChinTim Cheung joins the Vampire Cleanup Department which is a secret task force for dealing Chinese vampire Goeng Si. He is instructed by his uncle Chau and he saves a female Goeng Si, Summer from her evil lord Goeng Si who buried alive her.
- DirectorDain SaidStarsShaheizy SamNicholas SaputraPrisia NasutionA forensics photographer lured into a world of shamans and mystic creatures while helping his detective friend investigate a series of macabre murders.
- DirectorYû IrieStarsTatsuya FujiwaraHideaki ItôTôru NakamuraA television reporter and a detective try to track down a serial killer known as the Tokyo Strangler.
- DirectorSoo-youn LeeStarsCho Jin-woongShin GooKim Dae-myungDr. Seung-hoon sedates his landlord before medical check-up, when the old man begins telling him a convincing murder confession.
- DirectorGabriel GriecoStarsYamila SaudGerardo RomanoJimena BarónA young actress rehearsing for a play about human trafficking begins to relive terrifying scenes that may be dreams -- or an alternate reality.
- DirectorJi-Yeong HongStarsLee Ho-CheolPark Hye-sooJeong In-giA surgeon (Kim Yun-Seok) doesn't have much time left due to a serious illness. His wish is to see his girlfriend who died in an accident 30 years ago. The surgeon gets 10 pills from a mysterious old man. The 10 pills allows him to travel in time to the past.
- DirectorStanley TongStarsJackie ChanYixing ZhangMiya MuqiTwo professors team up to locate a lost treasure and embark on an adventure that takes them from a Tibetan ice cave to Dubai, and to a mountain temple in India.
- DirectorFabián ForteStarsDiego GentileMariana AnghileriEmilia AttíasA sisterhood of Celtic goddesses have under their control men who have attacked somehow the female gender. Angel is addicted to women, his life will turn into a calvary as he become slave of their plan to install the universal matriarchy.
- DirectorBenny ChanStarsChing Wan LauEddie PengLouis KooA group of villagers must stand up to a warlord's psychopath son, who is protected by a Commander with proficient martial arts skills as well as a small army.
- DirectorNicolas BazzStarsJauris CasanovaHélène SeuzaretBenjamin BoyerEjected 20,000 years away from their civilization by a black hole, 3 scientists, a pshychiatrist, and a mechanic, decide to explore the universe rather than go back to earth.
- DirectorHarry ClevenStarsHannah BoudreauMaya DoryFleur GeffrierDevastated with grief after the mysterious disappearance of her magician lover, Louise is sent to a psychiatric asylum. Nine months later, she gives birth to Angel, a baby boy with an incredible gift: he is invisible. To protect him from the cruelty of the outside world, his mother hides his existence. Angel grows up quite normally until he meets Madeleine, a blind little girl of his age who lives nearby. They quickly become inseparable, Madeleine still unaware of Angel's invisibility. Until one day Madeleine announces something that will turn their lives upside down: she will recover her sight.
- DirectorAntonio TublenStarsRosalinde MynsterJesper ChristensenAnders HeinrichsenA traumatized woman is found in a forest, claiming to have witnessed a murder. As the police investigates it they can't find anything proving her story. The woman is convinced that she's the next victim and starts her own investigation to figure out what really happened, trying to find the murderer before he finds her. As she comes closer, the truth is finally revealed along with severe consequences that will change everything.
- DirectorYoshihiro NishimuraStarsTomori AbeKensuke AshiharaSatoshi EishimaA long-awaited sequel to the internationally acclaimed full-throttle splatter sci-fi action horror "Meatball Machine".
- DirectorAdam WingardStarsNat WolffLaKeith StanfieldMargaret QualleyA high school student named Light Turner discovers a mysterious notebook that has the power to kill anyone whose name is written within its pages, and launches a secret crusade to rid the world of criminals.
- DirectorOle BornedalStarsNicolas BroUlrich ThomsenMia LyhneTwo Danish BFFs have lost interest in their wives and consider divorce, but end up getting drunk and hiring a Russian hitman online instead. The Russian flies in. Unfortunately, their wives get to know the Russian as well.
- DirectorDick MaasStarsMark FrostJulian LoomanAbbey HoesA zoo veterinarian gets caught up in a grisly adventure as she finds herself leading the city-wide hunt for a monstrous lion terrorizing the Dutch capital of Amsterdam.
- DirectorMike MendezStarsDolph LundgrenKristina KlebeTony BentleyAn ancient demon terrorizes a tiny Mississippi town.
- DirectorMitchell AltieriStarsKen ArnoldDan De LucaKevin JiggettsThree inept night watchmen, aided by a young rookie and a fearless tabloid journalist, fight an epic battle for their lives against a horde of hungry vampires.
- DirectorJonathan StraitonStarsTrey HarrisonRebecca C. KasekWayne W. JohnsonTeenage friends out for beach week get unexpectedly detoured to a isolated motel where a deadly STD virus now runs rampant, turning those infected into the living dead.
- DirectorErlingur ThoroddsenStarsCait BlissColin CritchleyJason MartinA simple night of babysitting takes a horrifying turn when Helen realizes the boogeyman really is in little Lucas' closet.
- DirectorKate ShentonStarsNic LamontAdam Rhys-DaviesLaurence R. HarveyFilmmaker Catherine Sweeney is determined to make her zombie horror romantic comedy. However in order to get the funding she need to put a talking dog in it...
- DirectorLee Ho-jaeStarsErik BrownDean DawsonLee HaneeThe plot revolves around a robotic satellite with artificial intelligence that crash lands in Korea and contains clues for a father who is desperately searching for his missing daughter.
- DirectorZack WhedonStarsAaron PaulAnnabelle WallisGarret DillahuntWhen his girlfriend goes missing, David must track down her whereabouts after he realizes she's not who she was pretending to be.
- DirectorHyeon NaStarsKim Rae-wonHan Suk-kyuJeon Bae-sooA troubled ex-cop imprisoned for a hit-and-run accident discovers that the entire penitentiary is controlled by an inmate who has been running a crime syndicate with the help of the warden and guards which provides them 100% alibi.
- DirectorRob TaylorStarsDavid Ogden StiersRob TaylorNic CostaIn a madcap future era, the world's greatest secret agent struggles to rescue his young son from the clutches of his infamous former mentor.
- DirectorDennis BotsStarsDavy GomezJuna de LeeuwYorick van WageningenStorm Voeten, son of printer Klaas Voeten, becomes the target of a hunt by the Inquisition. Aided by Marieke, a mysterious girl living in the underground sewers of Antwerp, Storm is caught in a race against time to save his father from death.
- DirectorYann SamuellStarsAudrey FleurotMichaël YounMichèle LaroqueIn the depths of a British legend, the ghost of Eleanor Canterville is condemned to haunt the castle of his family and to scare away any inhabitant. It fulfills this task perfectly, helped by Gwilherm, his faithful servant. But when Otis, a family fleeing Parisian life, buy the castle, Eleanor is upset because she cannot scare this tribe of the twenty-first century. Worse yet, children ridicule and parents are unaware. Only Virginia Otis, aged fifteen, moved by the fate of Canterville Ghost, will seek to deliver from curse on it.
- DirectorCaradog W. JamesStarsKatee SackhoffLucy BoyntonRichard MylanA mother desperate to reconnect with her troubled daughter becomes embroiled in the urban legend of a demonic witch.
- DirectorRoxanne BenjaminSofìa CarrilloKaryn KusamaStarsNatalie BrownJonathan WattonPeter DaCunhaThis all-female horror anthology features four dark tales from four fiercely talented women.closing
- DirectorÁlex de la IglesiaStarsBlanca SuárezMario CasasCarmen MachiIn bustling downtown Madrid, a loud gunshot and two mysterious deaths trap a motley assortment of common urbanites in a decrepit central bar, while paranoia and suspicion force the terrified regulars to turn on each other.closing
- DirectorIndar DzhendubaevStarsMatvey LykovMariya PoezzhaevaStanislav LyubshinIn the midst of the wedding princess Miroslava is kidnapped by a dragon and carried away into his castle on the remote island.
- DirectorSvyatoslav PodgaevskiyStarsViktoriya AgalakovaVyacheslav ChepurchenkoAleksandra RebenokThe unusual practice of photographing dead relatives during mid-1800s rural Russia will link a Philology student with her husband's abysmal family history.