September Says

September Says

2025 · 100 min · EN · 6.9 (28 votes)
Dir. Ariane Labed · Starring Mia Tharia, Pascale Kann, Rakhee Thakrar, Cal O'Driscoll, Niamh Moriarty, Barry John Kinsella · Music Johnnie Burn
Drama

Sisters September and July share an intense bond, speaking in a secret language and keeping the outside world at a distance. After September is suspended from school, their mother brings them to a remote house on the Irish coast—where July begins to resist her sister’s increasingly sadistic control.

VIBE

This is a deeply unsettling gothic drama, drenched in an atmospheric sense of isolation. It explores the suffocating intensity of a sisterly bond, slowly unraveling into psychological control. The remote coastal setting amplifies the claustrophobic dread, making for a tense, character-driven experience.

unsettlinggothicclaustrophobicintensepsychologicalslow-burngothic dramaatmosphericpsychological thrillercharacter-drivensisterhoodcontrolisolationpsychological manipulation
based on novel or bookgothicwoman directormanic depressionmother daughter relationshipsister sister relationshipdramaticassertive
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