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After a night out, student Eva awakes in a stuffy basement. Surrounded by brute mental and physical violence and gory killings, she eventually discovers the reason of her captivity.

Eva studies veterinary medicine and does auditions. She finds a cheap apartment, the previous occupant of which has disappeared mysteriously. A stroke of luck, although the janitor is rather rancid. To celebrate her move, she goes out for a drink with her best friend. They meet the attractive downstairs neighbour, a surgeon in training, who invites them for a nightcap. The next morning, Eva wakes up in a stuffy basement, chained to a bed. A man with a gas mask brings her food and keeps an eye on her with a camera.
The introverted Eva, who is unable to hurt an animal and fails auditions as a scream queen, gets entangled in a cat-and-mouse game with a ruthless scoundrel. The reason of her captivity remains a mystery - even when she identifies her kidnapper - and every next-to-successful escape leads to more victims.
Brute mental and physical violence and eventually agonisingly prolonged and gory killings take turns, until gradually the pieces from the first scene fit together.

Title: Claustrofobia
Year: 2011
Duration : 1 hour, 26 minutes
Category: Feature film
Edition: NFF 2011

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