Movie

If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power

2021 · 53 min

A haunting, music-driven fever dream of a pregnant queen's unraveling, blending gothic imagery with raw emotional intensity.

Tagline: All of this is temporary.
Overview: Featuring music from her fourth studio album produced by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, this evocative film experience stars Halsey as the young and pregnant Queen Lila, who wrestles with the manipulative chokehold of love.
How it feels: Dark, eerie, melancholic and tense. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Identity, power, gender, trauma
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
power
gender
trauma
isolation
Places: single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: musical
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild