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Girl in the Box

2016 · 87 min

A grim, claustrophobic true-crime ordeal that grinds you down with dread and quiet suffering rather than spectacle.

Tagline: Held captive for 7 years. Her story of courage is timeless.
Overview: The true story of 20-year-old Colleen Stan, a hitchhiking woman abducted by a young couple and held captive for seven years, during which time she's tortured and forced to live as a slave to her captors.

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
isolation
trauma
power
violence
Places: home
road trip
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	5
Humour	0
Realism	8
Romance	1
Tension	7
Darkness	9
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	9

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Genres: drama, tv movie
Directed by: Stephen Kemp
Written by: Stephen Kemp
Starring: Addison Timlin, Zane Holtz, Zelda Williams, Brittany Allen, Matt Cooke, Shileen Paton, Vivian Wright, Rob Hartz
Music: Owen Belton, Stephen Kemp
Cinematography: Fraser Brown
Runtime: 87 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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