Movie

Unknown Hour

2009 · 94 min

A slow, unsettling descent into quiet madness, where bureaucratic frustration curdles into something far darker.

Overview: Hynek Michánek wants to study medicine but fails his entrance exams five times. He starts a job as an orderly in a district hospital where one of the doctors on the examining board works as well. He feels no-one takes him seriously and he loathes the doctors, who treat him with disdain. When an old man begs him to end his pain and suffering by helping him to die, Hynek gives him a "liberating" injection. But now he has done it once, he finds he can't stop. He continues killing other patients, even though he knows he can't get away with it for long.
How it feels: Dark, bleak, tense and melancholic. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Obsession, madness, death, guilt
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 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: obsession
madness
death
guilt
ambition
Places: hospital
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild