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The Hypnosis (2023)
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Original name: Hypnosen
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden, Norway
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
André and Vera are a young entrepreneurial couple. They get the opportunity to pitch their female health app at a prestigious competition. Before going there, Vera tries hypnotherapy to quit smoking. From this point, her attitude changes and André starts to behave unexpectedly.
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, reflective, suspense, art house
Plot:
hypnosis, hypocrisy, psychological manipulation, social commentary, entrepreneurship, manipulation, female protagonist, satire, transformation, social satire, identity, moral ambiguity, character study, mind control, urban, ethical dilemma, dark humor, obsession, paranoia, public humiliation, slow burn, feminism, patriarchy, male nudity, dildo
Time:
contemporary
Place:
eastern europe
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, suspense, psychological thriller and dark comedy films with plots about moral ambiguity, character study, urban, satire, obsession, claustrophobia and identity mostly in Drama, Comedy and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Hypnosis: Hungry Hearts (2002), Orange Juice (2010), Wild Innocence (2001), Nevermind (2018), Mr.Celebrity (2024). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Duration: 90 min.
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Duration: 154 min.
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