The Halfway House

The Halfway House

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Release Date

4/2/1944

Runtime

95 mins

Overview

A group of travellers, each with a personal problem that they want to hide, arrive at a mysterious Welsh country inn. There is a certain strangeness in the air as they are greeted by the innkeeper and his daughter. Why are all the newspapers a year old? And why doesn't Gwyneth seem to cast a shadow?

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

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Revenue

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Homepage

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A haunting, deliberately paced mystery where strangers arrive at a Welsh inn and slowly realize something profoundly wrong about their refuge. The film's supernatural revelation quietly dismantles each character's self-deception.

Mood

UnsettlingContemplativeWistful

Themes

RedemptionMortalityIsolation

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

Black and whiteFormalist

Structure

Ensemble

Heads up

Suicide and self-harm

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