Movie

Writhing Tongue

1980 · 114 min

A quiet, suffocating slide from ordinary family life into helpless dread, watching parents unravel as medicine fails them.

Overview: Five-year-old Masako gets a scratch on her finger. After that, she begins to suffer horrible spasms. The doctor checks on her and concludes that she has tetanus. Her parents have to bear the sufferings of their child. The once peaceful family has changed completely.
How it feels: Bleak, tense, melancholic and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Family, parenthood, grief, survival
Content: Mild gore and language. No violence or sexual content.
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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
parenthood
grief
survival
isolation
Places: home
hospital
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none