Movie

When Animals Dream

2014 · 84 min

A cold, quiet plunge into a girl's lonely unraveling, where dread and sadness pool together like fog over a grey sea.

Tagline: The truth is known to all but one.
Overview: Teenage Marie lives on a small island with her father and catatonic mother. Virtually friendless and sullen, Marie begins to experience frightening changes in her body that mark her as a dangerous threat.
How it feels: Bleak, melancholic, eerie and tense. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Coming-of-age, identity, isolation, family
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 3 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 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: coming-of-age
identity
isolation
family
survival
Places: small town
countryside
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild