2009 · drama · romance
Veronika Decides to Die
Directed by Emily Young1h 43m2009
After a frantic suicide attempt, Veronika awakens inside a mysterious mental asylum. Under the supervision of an unorthodox psychiatrist who specializes in controversial treatment, Veronika learns that she has only weeks to live.
Our read: Veronika Decides to Die (2009) reads as a sombre, measured, grounded drama · romance entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, measured, measured drama / romance, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
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- measured
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