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The Blue Elephant

2014 · 151 min

A slow, disorienting plunge into grief and hallucination, where reality keeps slipping and the tension rarely lets go.

Directed by
Marwan Hamed
Genres
Thriller, Drama, Mystery
Starring
Karim Abdel Aziz, Khaled El Sawy, Nelly Karim
Overview
After a five-year hiatus, psychiatrist Yehia returns to work at Abbasiya Hospital. He’s assigned to evaluate a patient who turns out to be his old friend. As events unfold, Yehia uncovers dark secrets that challenge his understanding of reality.

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Directed by
Marwan Hamed
Genres
Thriller, Drama, Mystery
Starring
Karim Abdel Aziz, Khaled El Sawy, Nelly Karim
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 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
  • grief
  • madness
  • memory
  • obsession
  • mystery
Places
  • hospital
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror6
Humour1
Realism5
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity8
Emotional weight8

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