Movie

Covered Tracks

1938 · 81 min

A tense, atmospheric mystery that keeps you unsettled as a young woman's reality is denied by everyone around her.

Overview: Séraphine and her mother arrive in Paris to visit the 1867 World Exhibition. In an overcrowded city they must be accommodated in separate hotels. During the night the mother, who wasn't feeling very well, gets suddenly worse. When next morning Séraphine goes to meet her every trace of her presence has disappeared and everybody denies having ever met her. The bewildered young woman must find someone who believes her. Previous version of So Long at the Fair (1950).
How it feels: Tense, eerie, earnest and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Isolation, mystery, identity, family
Content: No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
mystery
identity
family
deception
Places: big city
workplace
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex none