Alena (2015)

Directed by

Daniel di Grado

Genre

horror film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

Sweden

Runtime

1h 23m

Rated

15

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 53 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

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The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A young woman enters a boarding school where she faces a bullying environment. Her friend helps her to fight back, but the situation becomes increasingly dark.

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What happens

Alena is a Swedish horror film directed by Daniel di Grado. It is based on the Swedish graphic novel Alena by Kim W. Andersson. The original graphic novel dealt with themes of homophobia, external and internalized, themes which are absent in the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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