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The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears (2013) poster

2013 · horror · thriller

The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears

Directed by Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani1h 42m2013

Returning home from a business trip to discover his wife missing, a man delves deeper and deeper into a surreal kaleidoscope of half-baked leads, seduction, deceit, and murder.

Our read: The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears (2013) reads as a heavy, steady, surreal horror · thriller entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.

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Heavy, steady, extreme horror / thriller, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.

ElsewhereIMDb5.94kRT51%Metacritic53TMDB6.2145
  • heavy
  • extreme
  • surreal
  • bleak
  • cold
  • signature
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How The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears feels to watch.

Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.

MoodHeavy ↔ Cosy
PacingSlow-burn ↔ Kinetic
IntensityGentle ↔ Extreme
WeirdnessConventional ↔ Surreal
HopeNihilistic ↔ Redemptive
StakesIntimate ↔ Epic
HumourNone ↔ Broad
RealityGrounded ↔ Fantastical
DensitySparse ↔ Twisty
WarmthCold ↔ Tender
AuteurTransparent ↔ Signature
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“You want surreal erotic giallo with hypnotic visuals and dreamlike murder mystery.”

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Skip it tonight — Skip if you need clear plotting or dislike abstract sexually charged horror.

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