Movie

Little Taleteller

2026 · 148 min

A slow, unsettling plunge into a marriage's collapse, watching a mind slip away with quiet dread and sorrow.

Overview: Renata and Eduard are a happily married couple. They are expecting a baby. Their idyllic life is shattered by sudden, inexplicable changes in Renata's personality. The changes become final when she displays no feelings and maternal instincts for their newborn son.
How it feels: Dark, melancholic, tense and bleak. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Identity, parenthood, madness, family
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 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: identity
parenthood
madness
family
isolation
Places: home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild