Opium
Unlimited
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46 mins
5.6 / 10 (156)
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Synopsis

They say that the world got silent. They say that you went far away, with the cries, the laughs, the tomorrows. They say that the world has disappeared. But Oscar, he hears them whisper at night. Behind the walls, far from the men, at the end of the corridors…

MUBI's take

In this suggestive fictional oddity, a mysterious aura imbues the vivid wallpaper of the eerie, dilapidated buildings its characters occupy. Through innovative film language and dystopian overtones, Opium crafts a singular, evocative world, full of palpable tensions and atmospheric spaces.