2009 · thriller · drama · horror
Yulenka
Directed by Aleksandr Strizhenov1h 42m2009
A university professor, who wants to slow down a little, moves with his wife and daughter, from the big city to a small town and starts a new job as a teacher in a girls' gymnasium. Something weird is happening with the class, they seem to hide a secret. As it turns out, these girls don't play with dolls...
Our read: Yulenka (2009) reads as a heavy, steady, inventive thriller · drama · horror entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, steady, measured thriller / drama, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- intense
- bleak
- cold
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