Movie

Kotoko

2011 · 91 min

A raw, disorienting plunge into a fractured mind, blending tenderness and violence in a way that is hard to shake.

Overview: When a single mother suffers a nervous breakdown, she is suspected of child abuse and her child is taken away. Her mental suffering escalates as she succumbs to her darkest fantasies.
How it feels: Dark, bleak, tense and eerie. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Madness, parenthood, trauma, isolation
Content: Strong violence and gore. Mild sexual content and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 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: madness
parenthood
trauma
isolation
love
Places: big city
home
hospital
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
unreliable narrator
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild