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Close The Eye To See

2025 · 33 min

A quiet, haunting descent into grief and obsession, where reality and nightmare blur in a cramped apartment, leaving you unsettled and heartbroken.

Directed by
Irving Ly
Genres
Drama, Horror, Romance
Overview
Two young university students, Nam and Minh, live together in a small rented apartment. They are lovers. Minh suddenly disappears, leaving Nam soullessly alone in the apartment. Ngọc is their neighbour and the friend who stays by Nam's side to care for and accompany him while he is gradually losing his mind. Everything becomes apparent, and the explanation for Nam's nightmares is revealed.
How it feels
Melancholic, eerie, tense and dark. Slow-burning and demanding.
About
Grief, isolation, identity, madness
Content
Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
Note
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Directed by
Irving Ly
Genres
Drama, Horror, Romance
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror6
Humour1
Realism6
Romance5
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, horror, romance
Directed by
Irving Ly
Written by
Irving Ly
Starring
Hồ Bảo Kha, Bảo Định, Nguyễn Thùy Linh, Hồng Ánh, Huỳnh Kiến An
Cinematography
Phan Phước Minh
Runtime
33 min
Country
Vietnam, United Kingdom
Languages
Vietnamese

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