Swallow

2020 · 95 min · EN · R · 6.6 (887 votes)

Dir. Carlo Mirabella-Davis · Starring Haley Bennett, Austin Stowell, Elizabeth Marvel, David Rasche, Denis O'Hare, Luna Lauren Vélez · Music Nathan Halpern

“Open Up.”

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Hunter, a newly pregnant housewife, finds herself increasingly compelled to consume dangerous objects. As her husband and his family tighten their control over her life, she must confront the dark secret behind her new obsession.

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This film is a visually striking, unsettling slow-burn that explores a woman's escalating internal crisis amidst suffocating domesticity. It's a psychologically intense journey into compulsion and control, wrapped in a meticulously crafted, almost sterile aesthetic, leaving a lingering sense of unease and fascination.

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