Movie

Real

2013 · 127 min

A slow, foggy descent into someone else's mind, where love and guilt blur until nothing feels solid.

Tagline: I will do anything you say. Just open your eyes.
Overview: Neurosurgeon Koichi uses an experimental technique to enter the brain of his beloved Atsumi, who is in a coma after attempting suicide. In his quest, Koichi drifts steadily further into the sweltering marshes of the spirit. It is soon no longer clear what is real and what is not.
How it feels: Eerie, melancholic, tense and dark. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Identity, grief, obsession, memory
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 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: identity
grief
obsession
memory
guilt
Places: hospital
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
unreliable narrator
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild