This movie is an artsy drama that lets the audience go a bit mad along with the characters. It’s surprisingly funny in quite a few places, made all the more unusual by using it neither as bathos nor as a jarring juxtaposition. The dialogue may seem unusual at first, but the filmmakers have taken great lengths to replicate authentic antiquated verbiage and it lends a lot to the overall feel of the performances. Above all this film is atmospheric and it encases the story in its claustrophobic isolation. It’s an excellent, strange, sometimes harsh curiositie with enough ambiguities to keep the audience thinking long after leaving the theater.

Content warning: masturbation, brief female nudity

Closest comparison: It feels like M (1931), but written by H.P. Lovecraft and directed by Wes Anderson.

Setting: Nautical Thriller
Plot: Decent into Madness
Tone: Stage Drama