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Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass

2025 · 73 min

A drifting, dreamlike trance of decaying rooms and whispering puppets that rewards patience and unsettles quietly.}{.

Overview
Jozef embarks on a journey via a ghostly train to visit his dying father in a remote Galician sanatorium. Upon arrival, he discovers that the sanatorium exists in a realm where time is distorted—his father's death has not yet occurred, as time here lags behind the outside world by an undefined interval. Jozef's experiences become increasingly fragmented and dreamlike as he confronts various manifestations of his father, each representing different aspects of their relationship and his own psyche.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • eeriestrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 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
  • memory
  • death
  • isolation
  • identity
Places
  • single country house
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • animated
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror6
Humour2
Realism3
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness7
Complexity9
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
animation, fantasy, drama, horror
Directed by
Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay
Written by
Timothy Quay, Stephen Quay
Starring
Tadeusz Janiszewski, Wioletta Kopańska, Andrzej Kłak, Leszek Bzdyl, Robert Martyniak, Łukasz Łucjan, Marek Jasek, Allison Bell
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
73 min
Country
Poland, United Kingdom, Germany
Languages
Polish

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