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Safe

1995 · 119 min

A quietly suffocating, sterile descent into isolation and invisible illness that unsettles long after it ends.

Directed by: Todd Haynes
Genres: Drama
Starring: Julianne Moore, Xander Berkeley, Peter Friedman

Tagline: In the 21st century nobody will be… Safe.
Overview: Carol White, a Los Angeles housewife in the late 1980s, comes down with a debilitating illness with no clear diagnosis.

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Directed by: Todd Haynes
Genres: Drama
Starring: Julianne Moore, Xander Berkeley, Peter Friedman

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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 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
identity
loneliness
trauma
healing
Places: suburbs
countryside
home
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	5
Humour	1
Realism	8
Romance	1
Tension	7
Darkness	8
Complexity	8
Emotional weight	9

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