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Maniacs

2016 · 11 min

A quiet, unsettling visit that grows more disturbing as a sister's cheerful claims clash with what you see.

Overview
A girl goes to visit her sister who has been impossible to reach since being released from a psychiatric ward. When she arrives, things are much worse than she could have imagined. But to her surprise, her sister claims that she has never been happier since she turned her back on the outside world.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • madness
  • isolation
  • family
  • identity
  • freedom
Places
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror3
Humour1
Realism8
Romance0
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Isabella Carbonell
Written by
Isabella Carbonell
Starring
Anna Adolfsson, Alexandra Alegren, Lina Green, Malin Norberg
Runtime
11 min
Country
Sweden
Languages
Swedish

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