Both parental figures feel burdened by him, with Tom reacting in physical outbursts and Gemma often insisting she is not his mother. 98 days later, he's the size of a ten year-old boy and can perfectly imitate Tom and Gemma. Though they never cease attempting to escape, they begrudgingly begin to raise the child. When they awake, another box has been left, containing an infant and the message "raise the child and be released." When the smoke clears, the house is undamaged. Tom sets fire to the house and they sleep on the pavement. They find a box of tasteless vacuum-packed food in front of the house. The next morning, they try to escape on foot, but discover that they have returned to number 9. They drive around the endless, identical streets until they run out of gasoline. Attempting to leave, they repeatedly find themselves back at number 9. Gemma and Tom discover that Martin and his truck have vanished. When Gemma replies no, he's able to mimic her voice perfectly. Martin shows them around house number nine and asks if they have any children. They agree to visit a for-sale suburbia, and follow his van to a development of identical houses dubbed Yonder. Looking to buy a house, the couple meet up with an odd and persuasive real estate agent named Martin, who seems to mirror their behavior. The opening scene depicts the lifecycle and brood parasitism of a family of cuckoos before introducing primary school teacher Gemma and her handyman boyfriend Tom. The film follows a couple (Eisenberg and Poots) that is forced to care for a mysterious human-like creature while trapped in a strange neighbourhood. It premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on, and was released in Ireland on 27 March 2020 by Vertigo Releasing. An international co-production between Ireland, Denmark and Belgium, it stars Imogen Poots, Jesse Eisenberg, Jonathan Aris and Éanna Hardwicke. Vivarium is a 2019 horror film directed by Lorcan Finnegan, from a story by Finnegan and Garret Shanley.
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