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Dorothy Mills

2008 · 102 min

A cold, misty island mystery that creeps under your skin, mixing grief and the supernatural into a slow, unsettling unease.

Directed by
Agnès Merlet
Genres
Drama, Thriller, Mystery
Tagline
Evil chose her
Overview
When a gloomy, God-fearing island community is rocked by the assault of an infant, a psychiatrist is called in to examine Dorothy Mills, the teenager accused of the crime. Despite the villagers' hostility to her inquiry, she soon comes to suspect that Dorothy suffers from multiple personality disorder...

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Directed by
Agnès Merlet
Genres
Drama, Thriller, Mystery
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • grief
  • mystery
  • deception
  • guilt
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
  • hospital
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror6
Humour1
Realism6
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity7
Emotional weight7

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Genres
drama, thriller, mystery, horror
Directed by
Agnès Merlet
Written by
Agnès Merlet, Juliette Sales
Starring
Carice van Houten, Jenn Murray, David Wilmot, Ger Ryan, David Ganly, Gary Lewis, Rynagh O'Grady, Charlene McKenna
Music
Nathaniel Méchaly
Cinematography
Giorgos Arvanitis
Runtime
102 min
Country
France, Ireland
Languages
English

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