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The Eyes of My Mother

2016 · 76 min

A stark, quiet nightmare that lingers with unsettling stillness and profound loneliness.

Directed by
Nicolas Pesce
Genres
Drama, Horror
Starring
Kika Magalhães, Diana Agostini, Will Brill
Overview
A young, lonely woman is consumed by her deepest and darkest desires after tragedy strikes her quiet country life.

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Directed by
Nicolas Pesce
Genres
Drama, Horror
Starring
Kika Magalhães, Diana Agostini, Will Brill
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 3 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
  • isolation
  • madness
  • grief
  • obsession
  • family
Places
  • countryside
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror8
Humour1
Realism6
Romance1
Tension8
Darkness9
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, horror
Directed by
Nicolas Pesce
Written by
Nicolas Pesce
Starring
Kika Magalhães, Diana Agostini, Will Brill, Clara Wong, Olivia Bond, Joey Curtis-Green, Flora Diaz, Paul Nazak
Music
Ariel Loh
Cinematography
Zach Kuperstein
Runtime
76 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English, Portuguese

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