Amygdala

A sunlit summer idyll slowly curdles into something unsettling, watching admiration twist into quiet menace with mounting dread.

Directed by

Maria Hatzakou

Genres

Drama, Horror

Starring

Donna Petropoulou, Eva Samioti, Panayiota Yiagli

Overview

Two sisters, Anna and Melina spend the last days of the summer in their vacation house outside of Athens. Anna is having a party to celebrate her birthday and her passage to adulthood. Soon she will be off to college leaving her little sister behind. She has invited Maria, her crush, to spend the day with her by the pool and organise the party. Melina obsessively loves and admires her older sister and wants badly to be part of her world. She is not invited to the party. But she sets her mind to it, making this night for her sister a bloody night to remember.

How it feels

Eerie, tense, dark and melancholic. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Coming-of-age, obsession, family, identity

Content

Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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