FilmPsychological Survival

The Trace We Leave Behind2017

Name: The Trace We Leave Behind
Genre: Psychological, Survival
Released: 2017-05-18
Rating: 6.1

Directed by J.C. Feyer

6.1

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IMDb 5.7TMDB 4.8

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Year

2017

Runtime

90 min

Box Office

Budget

$4,000,000

🏆 3 nominations

The premise

A young physician coordinating the transfer of patients between state-run hospitals in the city of Rio de Janeiro struggles with a mystery: a patient goes missing one night and completely disappears from the system. As the doctor attempts to find out the truth, he slowly loses his sense of reality.

Horror Vault's take

In the labyrinthine corridors of Rio de Janeiro's public healthcare system, a young doctor becomes fixated on a patient who seemingly never existed — vanishing overnight with no record, no trace. What begins as a procedural puzzle spirals into something far more disorienting, as the lines between truth and delusion begin to dissolve around him. The film uses its grim institutional setting to build a slow, suffocating dread that feels as much internal as external.

Content: Depictions Of Institutional Neglect, Psychological Distress, Tense And Unsettling Atmosphere