Fission

Fission

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Release Date

12/31/2026

Runtime

20 mins

Genres

Overview

A man recalls his childhood in 1950s West Germany as a nine-year-old boy discovering his father’s clandestine work with a dominant family guest—a time when his fear of the Sandman of folklore may have resurfaced in his own act of cruelty.

Status

In Production

Original Language

German

Budget

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Revenue

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A haunting recollection of 1950s childhood where folklore and hidden family violence blur together, leaving the viewer suspended between psychological unease and the murky origins of cruelty.

Mood

UnsettlingDread-soakedMelancholicContemplative

Themes

MemoryFamily

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Meditative

Look

NaturalisticPainterly

Structure

Framed flashback

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