Movie

An Eye for an Eye

1999 · 81 min

A slow, uneasy plunge into buried guilt and rural dread, where nightmares and sculptures blur the line between memory and something malevolent.

Overview: Sisters Kiia and Eija moved away from the village of Pirunperä in Kainuu after their father committed suicide. Kiia has become a sculptor and is plagued by nightmares related to her home village. Kiia returns to her hometown to create sculptures for the local church. At the same time, she investigates her father's and her hometown's past.
How it feels: Eerie, dark, melancholic and tense. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Grief, isolation, memory, family
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: grief
isolation
memory
family
mystery
Places: small town
countryside
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild