Black Bear
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A psychologically tense chamber piece about desire and manipulation among three isolated people, blending dark comedy with genuine menace and narrative uncertainty.
At a remote lake house in the Adirondack Mountains, a couple entertains an out-of-town guest looking for inspiration in her filmmaking. The group quickly falls into a calculated game of desire, manipulation, and jealousy, unaware of how dangerously intertwined their lives will soon become.
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