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Trauma

2004 · 94 min

A disorienting plunge into grief and paranoia, where reality keeps slipping and you're never sure what's real.

Directed by
Marc Evans
Genres
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Tagline
Believe what you SEE what you believe.
Overview
Awaking from a coma to discover his wife has been killed in a car accident, Ben's world may as well have come to an end. A few weeks later, Ben's out of hospital and, attempting to start a new life, he moves home and is befriended by a beautiful young neighbour Charlotte. His life may be turning around but all is not what it seems and, haunted by visions of his dead wife, Ben starts to lose his grip on reality.

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Directed by
Marc Evans
Genres
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Tone
  • eeriestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 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
  • grief
  • madness
  • identity
  • memory
  • isolation
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
  • unreliable narrator
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror5
Humour1
Realism6
Romance3
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity7
Emotional weight7

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Genres
drama, mystery, thriller, horror
Directed by
Marc Evans
Written by
Richard Smith
Starring
Colin Firth, Mena Suvari, Naomie Harris, Sean Harris, Neil Edmond, Kenneth Cranham, Martin Hancock, Tommy Flanagan
Music
Alex Heffes
Cinematography
John Mathieson
Runtime
94 min
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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