Endorphine

Endorphine

Directed by André Turpin

Produced by micro_scope

201584 min5.5 / 10

A fragmented, intellectually ambitious exploration of trauma and time told through three versions of the same woman across different ages, blending psychological thriller elements with philosophical inquiry.

Twelve-year-old Simone feels painfully disconnected from the world after witnessing the brutal death of her mother. Simone, a solitary multimedia artist in her twenties, is struggling to control her crushing panic attacks and keep her day job in an underground parking lot. And Simone, a sixty-year-old physicist, is giving a conference on the nature of time. The three Simones' lives are intertwined in a labyrinthine meta-world where timeframes overlap, characters multiply, and storylines repeat and expand. But, for all its shuttling forward and back through time, ENDORPHINE remains grounded in the Simones' inner lives — it's an artistic examination of scientific phenomena that also poignantly explores how people deal with trauma.

Questions people ask

  • Is Endorphine sad? Yes, very. More sad than 96% of films.

  • Is Endorphine scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 72% of films.

  • Does Endorphine end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.

  • Is Endorphine violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.

  • Is Endorphine easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

22/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity83

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise4

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love8

How much audiences actually like it

The highest scores in the catalogue →

Ensemble

Like Endorphine

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Endorphine

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Endorphine, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Endorphine, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Endorphine, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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