Maniac

2012 · 89 min · EN · NR · 6.0 (1,067 votes)

Dir. Franck Khalfoun · Starring Elijah Wood, Nora Arnezeder, America Olivo, Zoe Aggeliki, Jan Broberg Felt, Joshua De La Garza · Music Robin Coudert

“I Warned You Not to Go Out Tonight.”

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As he helps a young artist with her upcoming exhibition, the owner of a mannequin shop's deadly, suppressed desires come to the surface.

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This is a deeply unsettling, first-person dive into a fractured mind. It's a visceral, dread-soaked descent into obsession and violence, feeling both raw and disturbingly intimate. The atmosphere is thick with psychological torment and a pervasive sense of melancholic dread, making for an intensely uncomfortable watch.

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