Set on the Channel Islands in 1945, this atmospheric ghost story deals with a troubled young mother (Nicole Kidman) who moves her two children into a spooky mansion while awaiting the return of her long missing husband from the war. Alakina Mann. Alejandro Amenabar, whose Spanish film "Abre los Ojos" was remade as "Vanilla Sky," wrote and directed. Christopher Eccleston, Fionnula Flanagan, James Bentley.