Trauma

Trauma

Evil requires loyalty

Directed by Lucio A. Rojas

Produced by Trauma Spa, Border Motion Cinema

2017106 min5.4 / 10

A brutal thriller that weaponizes Chile's dictatorship trauma as the source of generational violence, trapping its protagonists in a nightmare where institutional evil has metastasized into family pathology.

Four friends visit a rural locality of Chile, are brutally attacked by a man and his son. After not finding help in the town, they decide to confront these men with the help of a pair of policemen. But in this way, they will discover that their attackers have in their blood the direct legacy of the darkest period of Chilean history and will have to face the most brutal enemy.

Questions people ask

  • Is Trauma scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 99% of films.

  • Is Trauma violent? Yes, very. More violent than 98% of films.

  • Is Trauma easy watching? Barely. Less comforting than 86% of films.

  • Does Trauma end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of films.

  • Is Trauma sad? Yes. More sad than 82% 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.

9/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity21

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise4

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love7

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Like Trauma

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Trauma

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Trauma, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Trauma, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Trauma, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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