After suffering a family tragedy, a young woman leaves her hometown to start a new life in another city. During her long drive, she meets a mysterious man who begins following her. Before she knows it, she has been kidnapped and taken to a basement somewhere in the forest. With no one coming to her rescue, she must rely on herself if she wants to survive.
Acting
Sofia Ledarp's wordless panic in confined spaces.
Cinematography
Bleak Swedish forests that swallow hope whole.
Director
Henrik JP Åkesson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The directors deliberately avoided Hollywood pacing; Åkesson wanted audiences to feel Malin's time distortion in real-time.
Lead actress Sofia Ledarp performed her own cramped-space stunts after two days of claustrophobia conditioning. The basement set was built in an actual suburban home basement in Stockholm suburbs.
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