Movie

Melpomène

2026 · 88 min

A quiet, unsettling plunge into grief and memory, where family secrets blur the line between truth and delusion.

Overview: Marthe discovers her mother’s death was a suicide, not an accident. At the hospital where she was once institutionalized, Marthe investigates the past—unraveling family secrets and facing a disturbing truth that threatens her grip on reality.
How it feels: Melancholic, tense, dark and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Grief, family, memory, identity
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: grief
family
memory
identity
madness
Places: hospital
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
unreliable narrator
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild