Movie

Strawberry Mansion

2021 · 91 min

A gently bizarre, handmade dream you drift through, by turns whimsical, wistful and quietly menacing.

Tagline: Do you believe that your dreams are your own?
Overview: In the not-too-distant future, an all-seeing surveillance state conducts “dream audits” to collect taxes on the unconscious lives of the populace. Mild-mannered government agent James Preble travels to a remote farmhouse to audit the dreams of Arabella “Bella” Isadora, an eccentric, aging artist. Entering Bella’s vast VHS archive, which contains a lifetime of dreams, Preble stumbles upon a secret that offers him a chance at love—and hope for escape.
How it feels: Whimsical, melancholic, eerie and romantic. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Love, survival, isolation, technology
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: whimsicalstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 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: love
survival
isolation
technology
death
Places: countryside
single country house
fantasy world
Era: near-future
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild