MesmeroWatch list, 0 saved

Movie
Poster for Lethes

Lethes

2021 · 16 min

A hushed, repetitive drift through quiet routines that slowly unsettles, like a memory you can't quite place.

Overview
There is a village in the mountain and a house in the village, where Ema repeats gestures and tasks: she takes care of her grandmother, walks, reads, waits. Until one day the cycle breaks: what happened in the mountain house?

Search YouTube for the trailer

In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
In your watch list

How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 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
  • memory
  • family
  • identity
  • grief
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror3
Humour1
Realism7
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity7
Emotional weight7

More like this

Titles like Lethes

Movie

Slope

2018

A quiet, hypnotic meditation on memory and place, like wandering through a half-remembered dream.

Same director: Eduardo Brito · Melancholic, eerie, slow-burn · about isolation and memory · nonlinear

Also
Same director: Eduardo Brito
Via
  • melancholic
  • eerie
  • isolation
  • memory
  • nonlinear
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
demanding
Runtime
7 min
Details In your watch list
SlopeHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Light Was a Break

2024

A quiet, haunted drift through sleepless memory, more felt than told, asking patience as it circles old wounds.

Slow-burn · about isolation and memory · nonlinear

Via
  • isolation
  • memory
  • nonlinear
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
demanding
Runtime
18 min
Details In your watch list
Light Was a BreakHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

La Ermita

A hushed, dreamlike whisper of memory and place that drifts by like a half-remembered dream.

Same director: Eduardo Brito · Melancholic, eerie, slow-burn · about isolation and memory · nonlinear

Also
Same director: Eduardo Brito
Via
  • melancholic
  • eerie
  • isolation
  • memory
  • nonlinear
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
engaged
Runtime
5 min
Details In your watch list
La ErmitaHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Hollowed

2026

A quiet, unsettling night journey through a forgotten place, where unease builds slowly and secrets surface like ghosts.

Melancholic, eerie, slow-burn · about isolation and memory · nonlinear

Via
  • melancholic
  • eerie
  • isolation
  • memory
  • nonlinear
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
engaged
Runtime
20 min
Details In your watch list
HollowedHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Indefinite Pitch

2016

A slow, cerebral drift through still images and anxious talk, asking you to sit with memory and place.

Melancholic, slow-burn · about isolation and memory · nonlinear

Via
  • melancholic
  • isolation
  • memory
  • nonlinear
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
demanding
Runtime
23 min
Details In your watch list
Indefinite PitchHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Remains

2002

A hushed, abstract drift through empty rooms and stalled time, more mood than story, asking you to sit with stillness and decay.

Melancholic, eerie, slow-burn · about isolation and memory · nonlinear

Via
  • melancholic
  • eerie
  • isolation
  • memory
  • nonlinear
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
demanding
Runtime
12 min
Details In your watch list
RemainsHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Capsule

2020

A quiet, introspective short that drifts through memory, leaving a soft ache of regret and distance.

Melancholic, slow-burn · about isolation and memory · nonlinear

Via
  • melancholic
  • isolation
  • memory
  • nonlinear
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
engaged
Runtime
5 min
Details In your watch list
CapsuleHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Pale Autumn

A hushed, fragmentary drift through autumnal light and half-remembered feeling, more mood than story, asking quiet patience.

Melancholic, eerie, slow-burn · about isolation and memory · nonlinear

Via
  • melancholic
  • eerie
  • isolation
  • memory
  • nonlinear
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
demanding
Runtime
2 min
Details In your watch list
Pale AutumnHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Rutunn'

2021

A quiet, haunted walk through an empty house where the past flickers alive and then dissolves, leaving only dust and longing.

Melancholic, eerie, slow-burn · about isolation and memory · nonlinear

Via
  • melancholic
  • eerie
  • isolation
  • memory
  • nonlinear
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
engaged
Runtime
14 min
Details In your watch list
Rutunn'Hidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Mémé Strega

1983

A slow, dreamlike drift through memory and ritual, more mood than story, asking patience and rewarding it with unease.

Melancholic, eerie, slow-burn · about isolation and memory · nonlinear

Via
  • melancholic
  • eerie
  • isolation
  • memory
  • nonlinear
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
demanding
Details In your watch list
Mémé StregaHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Les Prédateurs

1982

An uneasy, slow descent into buried memory, unsettling and quietly oppressive, with an abandoned place that feels haunted by what happened there.

Melancholic, eerie, slow-burn · about isolation and memory · nonlinear

Via
  • melancholic
  • eerie
  • isolation
  • memory
  • nonlinear
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
demanding
Runtime
97 min
Details In your watch list
Les PrédateursHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Otava

2021

A quiet, aching short that drifts between memory and the hard texture of farm life, leaving you with a heavy, lingering sadness.

Melancholic, slow-burn · about isolation and memory · nonlinear

Via
  • melancholic
  • isolation
  • memory
  • nonlinear
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
demanding
Runtime
15 min
Details In your watch list
OtavaHidden from your suggestions.

Where to watch in the UK

No UK streaming, rental or purchase options are known.

Streaming data from JustWatch.TMDB

Details

Directed by
Eduardo Brito
Starring
Beatriz Brás, Tânia Dinis
Cinematography
Luís Costa
Runtime
16 min
Country
Portugal
Languages
Portuguese

TMDBIMDb