Safe

Safe

1995 · 119 min · EN · R · 6.9 (258 votes)
Dir. Todd Haynes · Starring Julianne Moore, Xander Berkeley, Peter Friedman, James Le Gros, Dean Norris, Julie Burgess · Music Ed Tomney

In the 21st century nobody will be… Safe.

Drama

An upper middle-class housewife suffering from various unexplained symptoms of illness comes to believe that she is suffering from multiple chemical sensitivity and moves into a secluded facility to recover.

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A chillingly detached and unsettling exploration of suburban malaise and environmental anxiety. It feels like a fever dream, a sterile, quiet descent into paranoia where the familiar becomes terrifyingly alien.

anxiousclaustrophobicunsettlingsterilemeditativeslow-burnarthousepsychological dramasuburban gothicaustereenvironmentalismillnessisolationfemininityparanoia
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