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2011 · 36 min

A slow, uneasy descent into inner darkness, more unsettling than shocking, asking patience as it drifts through memory and trauma.

Directed by
Miro Laiho
Genres
Horror
Starring
Salla Juntunen, Antti Launonen, Pekka Laiho
Overview
Linda is a young psychology student, who wants to help his boyfriend Riku, who has fallen into a state of psychosis by taking him to a mystical cave, where human subconscious and memories start to live their own life. Linda soon realises that she can't help Riku, before she has faced her own most painful traumas.

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Directed by
Miro Laiho
Genres
Horror
Starring
Salla Juntunen, Antti Launonen, Pekka Laiho
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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • trauma
    • memory
    • madness
    • isolation
    Places
    • wilderness
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore mild
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror6
    Humour0
    Realism5
    Romance1
    Tension6
    Darkness7
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight6

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    Details

    Genres
    horror
    Directed by
    Miro Laiho
    Written by
    Miro Laiho
    Starring
    Salla Juntunen, Antti Launonen, Pekka Laiho, Teemu Mäkinen, Johanna Kuuva
    Music
    Michael Law
    Runtime
    36 min
    Country
    Finland
    Languages
    Finnish

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