In the movies, the interior trauma so many women endure years or decades after the end of an abusive relationship is resolved with a cruelly misleading lack of fuss or psychological fallout.
Eventually, the tormentor must be killed, and then life goes on for the newly cleansed character played by the actress above the title. IFC’s “Resurrection” follows that template, to a point, though with Rebecca Hall in the leading role, the emotional terrain staked out truly is riveting, authentic and messy — even when writer-director Andrew Semans’ second feature falls short.
Is this the fate of extraordinary actors? To outclass their own slightly frustrating psychological thrillers, as Hall did two years ago in “The Night House?” Apparently. Yet in both cases, there’s just enough there to support the star.
