A young woman with new abilities guides strangers on a mysterious mission through a surreal and cerebral landscape.
Dreamlike and suspenseful. A late-night trip that takes its time. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Netflix.
It stays inside its TV-MA, with moderate sex and nudity, and some violence.
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Seven years after vanishing from her home, a young woman returns with mysterious new abilities and recruits five strangers for a secret mission.
It leaves the ending open to interpretation.
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