Underplayed Gems

God's Crooked Lines (2022)

God's Crooked Lines poster
Original title
Los renglones torcidos de Dios
Directed by
Oriol Paulo
Genre
thriller film
Country
Spain
Runtime
2h 34m
Rated
16
Rating
7.3 of 10 from 849 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

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.

More films like thisWatch the trailer

or watch the trailer on YouTube

How it feels

A woman checks into a psychiatric hospital to investigate a suspicious death. She must navigate the strange rules and power struggles of the facility while pretending to be a patient.

suspensefulmysteriousclinicalunsettlingmethodicaltenseintriguingpsychological

What happens

God's Crooked Lines (Spanish: Los renglones torcidos de Dios) is a 2022 Spanish psychological thriller film directed by Oriol Paulo and starring Bárbara Lennie. Written by Oriol Paulo and Guillem Clua with the collaboration of Lara Sendim, the screenplay is an adaptation of the 1979 novel of the same name by Torcuato Luca de Tena. The plot follows Alice Gould (Lennie), a woman entering a psychiatric ward in order to investigate the mysterious circumstances pertaining to a death in the facility. The film had its world premiere at the 70th San Sebastián International Film Festival on 24 September 2022 ahead of its 6 October 2023 theatrical opening in Spain. It earned six nominations at the 37th Goya Awards, including Best Leading Actress (Lennie) and Adapted Screenplay. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? You can browse by genre, country and year, or take this one into the 3D catalogue and ask the Catbot for something closer.