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House of Voices

2004 · 98 min

A slow, suffocating plunge into an isolated, decaying orphanage where every shadow and whisper feels like a buried memory, leaving you unsettled and heartbroken.

Overview: In 1958, in the French Alp, the young servant Anna Jurin arrives in Saint Ange Orphanage to work with Helena while the orphans moved to new families. Anna, who is secretly pregnant, meets the last orphan, Judith, left behind because of her mental problems, and they become closer when Anna find that Judith also hear voices and footsteps of children.

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 3 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
grief
trauma
madness
death
Places: single country house
countryside
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
unreliable narrator
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	7
Humour	1
Realism	6
Romance	1
Tension	7
Darkness	8
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: horror, mystery, drama
Directed by: Pascal Laugier
Written by: Pascal Laugier
Starring: Virginie Ledoyen, Lou Doillon, Catriona MacColl, Dorina Lazăr, Virginie Darmon, Jérôme Soufflet, Marie Herry, Eric Prat
Music: Joseph LoDuca
Cinematography: Pablo Rosso
Runtime: 98 min
Country: France, Romania
Languages: French

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