2023 · drama
The Rapture
Directed by Iris Kaltenbäck1h 37m2023
Lydia, a midwife very invested in her work, is in the middle of a breakup.
Our read: The Rapture (2023) reads as a heavy, measured, grounded drama entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, measured, measured drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- measured
- bleak
- cold
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