2015 · drama · thriller · mystery
Strangerland
Directed by Kim Farrant1h 51m2015
Newly arrived to a remote desert town, Catherine and Matthew are tormented by a suspicion when their two teenage children mysteriously vanish.
Our read: Strangerland (2015) reads as a heavy, measured, inventive drama · thriller · mystery entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, measured, measured drama / thriller, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- measured
- intense
- bleak
- cold
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