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Beyond the Black Rainbow
MEANRANK
58/100
Every rating
Everyone agrees
Lowest is Metacritic critics on 49, highest is Letterboxd on 66.
See the most agreed on films →Set in a mysterious, futuristic institute in 1983, a young woman named Elena is held captive by a disturbed telepathic scientist, Dr. Barry Nyle. The institute, known as the Arboria Institute, promises to reconcile humanity's shortcomings through psycho-pharmacological treatments. Elena possesses powerful psychic abilities and dreams of escaping her sterile, oppressive environment. The scientist conducts bizarre experiments on her, but she begins to find a way to use her powers to break free from his control.
Details
- Director
- Panos Cosmatos
- Writer
- Panos Cosmatos
- Studio
- Chromewood Productions
- Released
- 3 December 2010
- Country
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $1.1M
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