2005 · drama · thriller · romance
Asylum
Directed by David Mackenzie1h 39m2005
A woman becomes very curious about one of her psychiatrist husband's inmates, a man who was found guilty in the murder and disfigurement of his former wife.
Our read: Asylum (2005) reads as a sombre, measured, grounded drama · thriller · romance entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, measured, measured drama / thriller, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- sombre
- measured
- bleak
- cold
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