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The Perfume of the Lady in Black

1974 · 103 min

A slow, disorienting slide into paranoia where reality keeps slipping, leaving you unsettled and increasingly unnerved.

Overview: Sylvia, an industrial scientist, is troubled by strange hallucinations related to the tragic suicide of her mother.
How it feels: Eerie, dark, melancholic and tense. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Madness, memory, trauma, obsession
Content: Strong violence and gore. Mild sexual content and language.
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Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 3 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: madness
memory
trauma
obsession
isolation
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
nonlinear
unreliable narrator
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild