
According to Floyd, this is a community that believes in the local spirits that occupy the town, some of which seem to have taken up residence in the Clare home, as Catherine keeps spotting a female presence in the house whom she believes is the ghost of the original owner from the 1800s now looking out for Catherine. But George seems particularly interested in Willis (Natalia Dyer), a local young woman who is back in town after an extended absence.


Murray Abraham) and fellow professor Justine (Rhea Seehorn), who becomes fast friends with Catherine and quickly begins to distrust George and his relationship with some of his female students. The charming George quickly makes friends with fellow staffers, including his department head Floyd (F. But it’s clear she’s unhappy with the move, deciding to bury herself in projects, including finding out more about their home’s dark history. She’s justified the demotion because, early in their relationship, George sacrificed a great deal for her career to blossom, so she’s returning the favor. The film sees a Manhattan couple move from the big city to the sleepy, historic town of Hudson Valley, in upstate New York, so that husband George Clare (James Norton) can take a new teaching job at a local college, while wife Catherine (recent Oscar-nominee Amanda Seyfried) leaves her prestigious art restoration work behind to become a professor’s spouse. Things Heard and Seen, based on the novel by Elizabeth Brundage, All Things Cease to Appear, is the latest work from the writing/directing team of Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini ( American Splendor The Extra Man).
