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The Monitor

2011 · 93 min

A slow, suffocating plunge into a mother's paranoia, where every sound feels like a threat and reality keeps slipping.

Tagline
How far would you go for the one you love?
Overview
Oslo, Norway. After living a traumatic experience, Anna and her son Anders move into a huge apartment building. Feeling constantly terrified and insecure, Anna buys a babycall to monitor Anders while he sleeps.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 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
  • trauma
  • isolation
  • parenthood
  • madness
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
  • unreliable narrator
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror5
Humour1
Realism7
Romance1
Tension8
Darkness8
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, thriller
Directed by
Pål Sletaune
Written by
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Starring
Noomi Rapace, Vetle Qvenild Werring, Kristoffer Joner, Stig R. Amdam, Maria Bock, Torkil Høeg, Henrik Rafaelsen, Tom Hugo Nielsen
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
93 min
Country
Norway, Germany, Sweden
Languages
Norwegian, Swedish

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