Guidance

Guidance

Guidance is a film about ordinary people in extraordinary situations.

2009 · 75 min · ★ 1.0 · Drama

Roy has lost his motivation and spends his days at home. Finally his wife can't take it anymore and sends him away on an alternative treatment. The method is ridiculous. Roy doesn't understand what he's doing there. The therapist is strange, so strange that Roy suspects that something is wrong. When he wants to leave, things get unpleasant for real.

Directed by Johan Jonason · Written by Johan Jonason

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