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The Cry of the Owl

2009 · 101 min

Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Fleeing New York City, a failed marriage and a fragile mental history, artist Robert Forrester moves to small-town Pennsylvania. There he becomes fascinated with the simple domesticity of a beautiful neighbor, watching her through the windows of her home --- until she invites him in for coffee. He is drawn into a relationship with the young woman whose boyfriend goes missing; Robert becomes a murder suspect, gradually sensing he is the target of a larger plot.

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Appeals to viewers who enjoy psychologically ambiguous stories about alienated people, voyeuristic intimacy, and suspicion that gradually infects ordinary domestic life.

Tone
eerie, melancholic, tense
Payoff
unease, revelation
Pacing
slow-burn
Intensity
intense
Structure
linear
Themes
loneliness, obsession, mental instability, domestic betrayal, suspicion
Setting
contemporary, isolated small-town homes and rural outskirts

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