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The Wave (2019)

The Wave poster
Directed by
Gille Klabin
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 27m
Rated
R
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 169 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A self-absorbed insurance lawyer celebrates a promotion by taking a hallucinogen. He then jumps through time and space, facing terrifying experiences that teach him about himself and reality.

psychedelictrippyexistentialdisorientingchaoticintrospectivesurrealfreneticunsettling

What happens

The Wave is a 2019 American science fiction thriller film directed by Gille Klabin and distributed by Epic Pictures. Frank, a self-absorbed insurance lawyer in a passionless marriage, goes out to a bar on a Tuesday night with his friend Jeff, to celebrate a sure promotion the next day. When he takes a hallucinogen, he finds himself bouncing around in time and space having terrible adventures. In doing so, he learns important lessons about himself and about the nature of the universe. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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