Movie

The Cinderella Addiction

2021 · 114 min

A slow, suffocating slide from domestic hope into quiet dread, watching a fragile dream curdle into something unsettling.

Overview: Fukuura Koharu works at a child welfare office and plunges into despair overnight. Then she meets Daigo, a private-practice doctor raising his 8-year-old daughter on his own. She resolves to build a happy household, but things don't go as expected.
How it feels: Dark, tense, melancholic and eerie. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Family, obsession, isolation, betrayal
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 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: family
obsession
isolation
betrayal
madness
Places: big city
workplace
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild