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The Other Side of Sleep

2011 · 88 min

A hushed, unsettled drift through a grieving woman's fractured days, more mood than plot, quietly haunting.

Overview: Loosely inspired by the director’s own memory of a girl’s disappearance from her village, the film follows Arlene, a young factory worker living alone in a rural Irish community.
How it feels: Melancholic, eerie, dark and tense. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Isolation, grief, identity, mystery
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
grief
identity
mystery
loneliness
Places: small town
countryside
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild