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Dead Man's Switch

2025 · 108 min

A slow, suffocating plunge into bureaucratic indifference and personal collapse, leaving you drained and unsettled.

Overview: Dalia discovers that her husband has vanished without a trace. As her life and her job as a subway driver begin to collapse, the violent indifference of her environment engulfs her in a dark tunnel that seems to lead nowhere.
How it feels: Dark, bleak, melancholic and tense. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Grief, isolation, family, betrayal
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 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: grief
isolation
family
betrayal
survival
Places: big city
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild