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Paulina Is Leaving

1969 · 90 min

A disorienting plunge into madness and political chaos, where reality constantly shifts and nothing can be trusted.

Overview: Paulina leaves the apartment where she lives with her two brothers, Nicolas and Olivier. Her departure is mark by chaotic and sometimes brutal confrontations. Thrust into a world of madness and violence (or is it gaslighting?), Paulina is shuttled from a psychiatric institution to a brothel, while her brothers become resistance fighters in some enigmatic version of France.
How it feels: Dark, bleak, eerie and tense. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Madness, isolation, identity, betrayal
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: madness
isolation
identity
betrayal
power
Places: big city
hospital
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
unreliable narrator
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild