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Don't Look Back (2009)

Don't Look Back poster
Original title
Ne te retourne pas
Directed by
Marina de Van
Genre
drama film, horror film
Country
France, Italy, Luxembourg
Runtime
1h 51m
Rated
12
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 223 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A wife and mother starts noticing strange changes in her home and body that nobody else seems to see. She becomes convinced something deeper is wrong and travels to Italy to find a woman who might explain what is happening to her.

disturbingmysterioustenseunsettlingslow-burnviscerally uncomfortablebody-horror

What happens

Don't Look Back (French: Ne te retourne pas) is a 2009 French thriller film directed by Marina de Van and starring Sophie Marceau and Monica Bellucci. Written by Jacques Akchoti and Marina de Van, the film is about a wife and mother of two children who suddenly notices changes to the way the family home is arranged and feels that her body is transforming without anyone around her noticing it. While others believe her perceptions are due to fatigue and stress, she is sure that something more profound is happening, and her search to understand these mysterious perceptions prompts her to track down a woman in Italy who holds the key to the mystery. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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