14 minutes of steamy Nordic nightmare — motherhood meets claustrophobia in the worst sauna trip ever.
Stina and her young son Mateus are in a locker room at the bathhouse. When they're about to leave it's not possible to open the door and suddenly all the staff have disappeared without a trace. Stina and Mateus are trapped together with the rest of the women.
Direction
Hellström weaponizes negative space and steam.
Sound
Dripping water becomes unbearable tension.
Director
SaraKlara Hellström
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during Sweden's 2020 lockdown, its trapped bodies resonated with audiences who literally couldn't leave home.
The bathhouse setting inverts the 'safe space' trope — historically women-only sanctuaries become slaughterhouses.
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