Sick

A slow, suffocating summer where family closeness curdles into something quietly disturbing, leaving you uneasy long after.

Directed by

Agata Trzebuchowska

Genres

Drama, Horror

Starring

Konrad Kąkol, Katarzyna Łubik, Monika Niemczyk

Overview

During the summer holidays, sixteen-year-old Maks and his older sister Emmaare sent to the Polish countryside to care for their ailing grandmother. Trapped together in the heavy, stifling isolation of the summer heat, the siblings’ bond begins to shift into something unsettling and difficult to define. As tensions rise and boundaries begin to blur, their grandmother’s frail presence takes on an increasingly disturbing quality, turning a once-idyllic summer into a haunting passage into adulthood.

How it feels

Eerie, tense, dark and melancholic. Slow-burning and demanding.

About

Coming-of-age, isolation, family, identity

Content

Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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