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Girl wakes up in a reactor with nature superpowers and zero patience for exposition.
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Lys (2010)

indie sci-fieco-gothicteen angst with volts

Overview

FantasyDramaScience Fiction

Teenage girl Lys is discovered inside the reactor of the newly build TERRA Power Plant and finds she is developing special powers that connect her to the energy of all living things.

Flag of DEDEGerman
Content warning
energycoming of agenaturepower plant
humanity's exploitation of natureadolescent alienationcorporate power vs. individual awakeningenergy as life force

Standout Aspects

Cinematography

Industrial landscapes that make power plants look almost beautiful.

Acting

Schwamborn's vacant intensity carries the whole thing.

Best for:Solo: Weird midnight watch when you want something strange and short.·Streaming: Perfect for that 52-minute commitment you can actually finish.
Heads up:Emotional: Teen isolation and parental failure hit harder than expected.
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Director

Krystof Zlatnik

ReleasedJun 16, 2010
Runtime52m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Paceslow
Intensitymedium
Tonedark
Feelmedium
Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg

Top Cast

Horst-Günter Marx

Horst-Günter Marx

Karl

Marc Hosemann

Marc Hosemann

Entführer

Catherine Bode

Catherine Bode

Mutter

Eckehard Hoffmann

Eckehard Hoffmann

Direktor

Elena Jesse

Elena Jesse

Karina

Maximilian Vollmar

Maximilian Vollmar

Steffen

Pierre Kiwitt

Pierre Kiwitt

Assistent des Direktors

Harry Baer

Harry Baer

Wachmann

Peter Illmann

Peter Illmann

Moderator / Nachrichtensprecher

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Trivia

Director Krystof Zlatnik made this as his thesis film, which explains the runtime and the ambition.

Cultural

Post-Fukushima 2010, German cinema was suddenly very interested in nuclear anxiety—this predates Germany's actual nuclear phase-out announcement.

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Lys (Feature Film Trailer, 2010)

Lys (Feature Film Trailer, 2010)

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