A group of families on a tropical holiday discover that the secluded beach where they are staying is somehow causing them to age rapidly – reducing their entire lives into a single day.
Direction
Shyamalan's most unhinged premise, committed fully.
Practical Effects
Makeup aging effects that genuinely unsettle.
Director
M. Night Shyamalan
Gael García Bernal
Guy
Vicky Krieps
Prisca
Rufus Sewell
Charles
Alex Wolff
Trent Aged 15
Thomasin McKenzie
Maddox Aged 16
Abbey Lee
Chrystal
Nikki Amuka-Bird
Patricia
Ken Leung
Jarin
Eliza Scanlen
Kara Aged 15
Aaron Pierre
Mid-Sized Sedan
Embeth Davidtz
Adult Maddox
Emun Elliott
Adult Trent
Alexa Swinton
Maddox Aged 11
Gustaf Hammarsten
Resort Manager
Kathleen Chalfant
Agnes
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shyamalan secretly filmed at Dominican Republic beaches during COVID, using local crew to avoid travel restrictions.
The film adapts Pierre Oscar Levy's graphic novel 'Sandcastle,' but Shyamalan added the corporate experiment framing — turning cosmic horror into capitalist critique.
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