Helen (2019)

Original title

ഹെലൻ

Directed by

Mathukutty Xavier

Genre

thriller film

Country

India

Runtime

1h 57m

Rated

U

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 52 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman working at a fast food restaurant gets trapped inside a walk in freezer. She must find a way to survive and escape before it is too late.

tensesuspensefulclaustrophobicsurvivalsolitaryanxiousdeterminedslow-burn

What happens

Helen is a 2019 Indian Malayalam-language survival thriller film directed by Mathukutty Xavier (in his directorial debut) and produced by Vineeth Sreenivasan under the companies Habit of Life and Big Bang Entertainments. The film stars Anna Ben in the title role, while Lal, Noble Babu Thomas (who also co-produced and co-wrote the film), Aju Varghese, Rony David and Binu Pappu appear in supporting roles. The soundtrack was composed by Shaan Rahman. Helen was released on 15 November 2019. The film won two National Film Awards – Best Debut Film of a Director and Best Make-up Artist (Ranjith Ambady) – and Ben won the Kerala State Film Award – Special Jury Award. It was remade into Tamil as Anbirkiniyal (2021), in Odia as Monalisa (2021) and in Hindi by the same director as Mili (2022). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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