2006 · drama · thriller · music
The Night of the Sunflowers
Directed by Jorge Sánchez-Cabezudo1h 58m2006
Two speleologists, Esteban and Pedro, travel to a mountainous area located in northern Spain, near a small village, to study a newly discovered cave and determine if it is of scientific interest, while Gabi, Esteban's wife, awaits their return on a lonely road at the foot of the mountain.
Our read: The Night of the Sunflowers (2006) reads as a heavy, measured, grounded drama · thriller · music entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, measured, measured drama / thriller, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- measured
- intense
- bleak
- cold
- twisty
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