
Marianne is a sales assistant at the elegant fashion boutique Chez Madame on Strøget. She is a wallflower, and when the wealthy man of the world John Bagger, one of the store's customers, invites her out on New Year's Eve wearing the store's most beautiful dress, she experiences it as a romantic adventure. But everyday life returns after the big night.
The repeated actions, the blood on the petals, the rustling under the floor…An ambient short horror film takes us into another realm.
This is not a film, it’s a drop tower. A drop tower that you don’t get off of for the vast majority of its 106-minute runtime.
One of the reasons that people with albinism have a difficult time being seen and represented in media is probably because there is a small percentage of them.
The Lighthouse is patient and hypnotic, pulling us in with its mysterious atmosphere and characters. The film’s slow pace proves to be monumentally effective, showcasing the tedious nature that comes with isolation and poor two-way communication.
When you first hear that there is a series on Netflix where the lead character’s wife dies from cancer and he becomes dangerously suicidal, you wouldn’t immediately assume that it’s a comedy.