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The Breakpoint

2025 · 153 min

A heavy, slow-building ordeal that immerses you in psychological distress and moral strain, rewarding patience with raw emotional payoff.

Tagline: When boundaries blur, the battle for humanity begins.
Overview: To save her mother's life, Telema finds herself in a living nightmare that pushes her to a breaking point that changes the lives of everyone involved. The mental health impacts of gender based violence shape the world of The Breakpoint.
How it feels: Dark, tense, melancholic and earnest. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Trauma, family, survival, gender
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: trauma
family
survival
gender
violence
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Hollie Saint Edge
Written by: Barbara Odoh
Starring: Barbara Odoh, Hanks Anuku, Solomon Akiyesi, Monalisa Chinda, Benedict Johnson, Paul Sambo, Maureen Ihua, Mariah Ugbashi
Cinematography: Hollie Saint Edge
Runtime: 153 min
Country: Nigeria
Languages: English