2015 · drama · fantasy · thriller
Lost River
Directed by Ryan Gosling1h 35m2015
Billy, a single mother of two, is led into a macabre underworld while her teenage son, Bones, discovers a secret road leading to an underwater town. Both Billy and Bones must dive deep into the mystery if their family is to survive.
Our read: Lost River (2015) reads as a heavy, measured, surreal drama · fantasy · thriller entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Heavy, measured, measured drama / fantasy, surreal in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- measured
- intense
- surreal
- cold
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