Movie

The Dreaming

1988 · 90 min

A creeping, haunted atmosphere of colonial guilt seeping into waking life, with unsettling visions and a slow dread that lingers.

Tagline: Are they dreams or nightmares...Nightmares or premonitions?
Overview: When a group of Indigenous activists attempt to repatriate ancestral artifacts found in a cave on Australia's Kangaroo Island, one of them is shot, evading police and taken to a local hospital, where the doctor attending to her experiences strange visions relating to violent events from the past.
How it feels: Eerie, dark, tense and melancholic. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Colonialism, guilt, death, isolation
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 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: colonialism
guilt
death
isolation
memory
Places: countryside
hospital
sea
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild