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Dust Box

2012 · 72 min

A slow, claustrophobic descent into a fragile mind, blurring fantasy and reality until the unease becomes quietly unbearable.

Directed by: Ronny Carlsson
Genres: Drama, Horror
Starring: Mariah Kanninen, Robert Ericsson, Ronny Carlsson

Overview: A woman who is unable to bear a child enters a world in her mind where she manages to get pregnant. As time goes, so does her sanity.

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Directed by: Ronny Carlsson
Genres: Drama, Horror
Starring: Mariah Kanninen, Robert Ericsson, Ronny Carlsson

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Tone: darkstrength 3 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: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: grief
madness
identity
isolation
parenthood
Places: home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	6
Humour	1
Realism	4
Romance	1
Tension	6
Darkness	8
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama, horror
Directed by: Ronny Carlsson
Written by: Ronny Carlsson
Starring: Mariah Kanninen, Robert Ericsson, Ronny Carlsson, Nathalie Bergenstråhle
Music: Justin Curfman
Cinematography: Mikael Johansson
Runtime: 72 min
Country: Sweden
Languages: Swedish

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