Lust

A slow, austere plunge into a woman's buried past, where desire and grief knot together in quiet, unsettling images.

Directed by

Ralitza Petrova

Genres

Drama

Starring

Snejanka Mihaylova, Alexis Atmadjov, Nikola Mutafov

Overview

With formal rigour and subtly playing with genre, body and soul, this story of knots and liberation follows Lilian, who is as inscrutable as her desires, constrained by a pact of celibacy. When her father dies, she returns to the place of her past.

How it feels

Melancholic, dark, tense and earnest. Slow-burning and demanding.

About

Identity, grief, sexuality, trauma

Content

Strong sexual content. Mild violence and language. No gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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