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Even the Wind Is Afraid

1968 · 88 min

A slow-building gothic atmosphere wraps around you, blending dreamlike dread with a quiet, melancholic sadness.

Directed by
Carlos Enrique Taboada
Genres
Mystery, Horror, Drama
Starring
Alicia Bonet, Maricruz Olivier, Marga López
Overview
A group of college students, led by Claudia, decide to investigate a local tower that has figured prominently in disturbing reoccurring dreams Claudia has been having. They are suspended from school for their antics, but Claudia learns from one of the female staff members that the person in the dream is a student who killed herself years before and that the headmistress has seen her ghost.

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Directed by
Carlos Enrique Taboada
Genres
Mystery, Horror, Drama
Starring
Alicia Bonet, Maricruz Olivier, Marga López
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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 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
  • guilt
  • isolation
  • revenge
  • memory
Places
  • school
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • twist ending
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror6
Humour2
Realism6
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Genres
mystery, horror, drama
Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
Alicia Bonet, Maricruz Olivier, Marga López, Norma Lazareno, Renata Seydel, Elizabeth Dupeyrón, Rita Sabre Marroquin, Irma Castillon
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
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Country
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Languages
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