Normal

Normal

FROM THE OUSIDE, YOU'D NEVER SUSPECT.

2013 · 84 min · ★ 3.5 · Horror, Drama

Jim - a lonely, troubled young man who works as an apartment superintendent, is replaying his tortured past. Through a series of flashbacks, and interactions with the mysterious tenants he is surrounded by, we not only learn of his dark secrets, but also what it means to be normal. The answers he finds in his journey will shatter not only his perceptions of the past, but also his fragile grip on reality.

Directed by Richard Griffin · Written by Lenny Schwartz

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