2014 · thriller · horror · egyptian
The Blue Elephant
Directed by Marwan Hamed2h 31m2014
After a five-year hiatus, psychiatrist Yehia returns to work at Abbasiya Hospital. He’s assigned to evaluate a patient who turns out to be his old friend. As events unfold, Yehia uncovers dark secrets that challenge his understanding of reality.
Our read: The Blue Elephant (2014) reads as a heavy, kinetic, inventive thriller · horror · egyptian entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, extreme thriller / horror, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- extreme
- inventive
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