Inland Empire

Inland Empire

2006 · 180 min · EN · R · 7.0 (1,264 votes)
Dir. David Lynch · Starring Laura Dern, Jeremy Irons, Justin Theroux, Harry Dean Stanton, Karolina Gruszka, Peter J. Lucas

A woman in trouble.

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When actress Nikki Grace gets the lead role in a cursed film, her world becomes more and more surreal, blending realities and ideas of infidelity, reincarnation, and supernatural forces.

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A profoundly disorienting and nightmarish descent into fractured realities, Inland Empire feels like a waking dream you can't escape. It's a surreal, dread-soaked journey through the labyrinthine corridors of identity and performance, leaving you questioning everything with its unsettling, experimental digital aesthetic.

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