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The Playground

1965 · 95 min

A grim, slow descent into religious obsession, watching a fragile mind blur faith and delusion in a bleak urban setting.

Overview: A religious prostitute who sees an atheist client die after blaspheming believes the next man she runs into is Jesus.
How it feels: Dark, eerie, melancholic and tense. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Faith, madness, death, isolation
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 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: faith
madness
death
isolation
guilt
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild