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Diary of a Madman

1968 · 54 min

A slow, claustrophobic descent into a mind unraveling, told through diary entries that grow increasingly strange and unsettling.

Genres
Drama
Overview
In the main character's diary, he describes his life, his work, and the people around him. He goes on to write about his feelings for a woman, and soon after that he begins to show signs of insanity - he talks to her doggie Meji, he gets hold of letters that Meji wrote to another doggie. After a few days, he's already completely disconnected from reality...
How it feels
Slow-burning and demanding.
About
Madness, obsession, isolation, identity
Content
No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
Note
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How it feels

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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    Places
    None
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action0
    Horror3
    Humour1
    Realism6
    Romance3
    Tension4
    Darkness7
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight7

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Aleksandr Belinsky
    Written by
    Aleksandr Belinsky
    Starring
    Yevgeni Lebedev, Viktor Chaynikov, Sergey Boyarskiy, Stanislav Landgraf, Pavel Pankov, Mikhail Vasilyev
    Runtime
    54 min
    Country
    Soviet Union
    Languages
    Russian

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