"Backrooms" Succeeds
We got a movie that takes the old school approach of trying to creep you out with chilling atmosphere more than anything else.
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Between smoke, light and darkness, Celine meets Jakob. But when they get close to each other, Jakob learns that Celine wasn't born a woman. In the unromantic club toilet, they are forced to face their feelings and prejudices. But the more they open up to each other, the more they both have to realize that they only saw each other against the light. You can learn a lot from each other - albeit in small steps.
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Between smoke, light and darkness, Celine meets Jakob. But when they get close to each other, Jakob learns that Celine wasn't born a woman. In the unromantic club toilet, they are forced to face their feelings and prejudices. But the more they open up to each other, the more they both have to realize that they only saw each other against the light. You can learn a lot from each other - albeit in small steps.
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