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Man Facing Southeast

1987 · 109 min

A quiet, haunting meditation that blurs sanity and wonder, leaving you unsettled and strangely moved long after it ends.

Tagline
Somewhere Between The Insane And The Unreal Lies The Mystery Of The Man Facing Southeast.
Overview
A new patient mysteriously appears in a psychiatric ward. He claims to come from another planet to study humans and their behavior. The alien is gentle but criticizes humans for their harsh treatment of each other. The assigned psychiatrist is himself unhappy, and affected by the patient's insight. But he is ordered to treat the patient according to institutional procedure.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 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
  • madness
  • isolation
  • faith
  • morality
  • loneliness
Places
  • hospital
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • unreliable narrator
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror2
Humour3
Realism5
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
mystery, science fiction, drama
Directed by
Eliseo Subiela
Written by
Eliseo Subiela
Starring
Lorenzo Quinteros, Hugo Soto, Inés Vernengo, Cristina Scaramuzza, Tomas Voth, David Edery, Rúbens Correa, Rodolfo Rodas
Cinematography
Ricardo DeAngelis
Runtime
109 min
Country
Argentina
Languages
Spanish

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