Black Narcissus

Black Narcissus

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Release Date

11/23/2020

Runtime

3 eps, 180 mins

Genres

Overview

Himalayas, 1934. A remote clifftop palace once known as the ‘House of Women’ holds many dark secrets. When the young nuns of St. Faith attempt to establish a mission there, its haunting mysteries awaken forbidden desires that seem destined to repeat a terrible tragedy. Adaptation of the 1939 novel by Rumer Godden.

Status

Ended

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

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A lush, Gothic descent into desire and madness set in a remote mountain palace where spiritual devotion fractures under the weight of human longing. Watching it feels like being slowly drawn into a beautiful, inescapable trap.

Mood

UnsettlingRomanticMelancholicDread-soaked

Themes

FaithIsolationObsessionMemory

Tone

Operatic

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

PainterlyHigh-contrastStylized genre

Structure

Single location

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Sexual content

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