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Mirliton

1978 · 71 min

A slow, disorienting descent into a grieving mind, where the city turns strange and hostile, leaving you unsettled and heavy.

Directed by: Rob Van Eyck
Genres: Drama, Horror
Starring: Jacques Verbist, Guido De Belder, Daniëlle Mukangyrie

Overview: After losing his wife, a young man unable to put up with the pain, sinks into schizophrenia. As of this moment, the world, now seen through the filter of his mental condition, changes and becomes a frightening maze. So much so that at a time he collapses in a shopping street of Brussels, falling victim to a heart attack.

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Directed by: Rob Van Eyck
Genres: Drama, Horror
Starring: Jacques Verbist, Guido De Belder, Daniëlle Mukangyrie

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 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: grief
madness
isolation
death
identity
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: unreliable narrator
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	6
Humour	1
Realism	6
Romance	2
Tension	6
Darkness	8
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama, horror
Directed by: Rob Van Eyck
Written by: Leo Pleysier, Jacques Nyssens
Starring: Jacques Verbist, Guido De Belder, Daniëlle Mukangyrie, Curd Vermeulen, Michel Van Attenhoven, Mark De Maree, Danny Schoutens, Mek Vanelven
Cinematography: Luk Stoefs
Runtime: 71 min
Country: Belgium

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