Mirrors

Mirrors

Year: 2014

Runtime: 130 mins

Language: Russian

Director: Marina Migunova

Drama

The film explores the life of Marina Tsvetaeva, a renowned and deeply tragic poet of the 20th century. It follows her journey through Russia, her experiences as an immigrant in Prague and Paris, and her eventual return to Russia, where she tragically took her own life just months after arriving. The story examines the events and emotions that shaped her life and work.

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Timeline & Setting – Mirrors (2014)

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Time period

Late 2000s

The events occur in a contemporary setting, consistent with a late-2000s urban environment. Modern security and day-to-day store operations frame the tension, while the haunting intertwines with a crime past within the same timeframe.

Location

New Orleans, Mayflower Department Store

The story unfolds in New Orleans around a sprawling department store, the Mayflower, which serves as the film’s eerie centerpiece. The building's vast interior, including a basement crawlspace and reflective surfaces, becomes a conduit for supernatural activity. The city’s atmosphere amplifies the haunting as secrets buried in the store come to light.

🎭 Urban setting 🏬 Department store 👻 Supernatural presence

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Main Characters – Mirrors (2014)

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Max Matheson

A trauma-stricken security guard who begins foreseeing deaths through mirror reflections. His car crash backstory with Kayla fuels his internal conflict, but his growing ability—combining therapy with a supernatural sight—drives him to intervene and confront the dangers in the mirror world.

💔 Trauma 👁️ Clairvoyance 🧭 Dilemma

Kayla

Max's fiancée who dies in the car crash, a loss that haunts him and motivates his resolve to uncover the truth behind the mirror-haunting. Her memory lingers as the catalyst for Max’s journey into the store’s dark secrets.

💔 Loss 🕯️ Mourning

Jack Matheson

Max’s father who reopens the Mayflower Department Store in New Orleans and hires Max as a security guard. His relationship with Max adds a personal stake to the store’s peril as the mirror-linked events threaten him directly.

👨‍👦 Family 🛡️ Protection

Keller Landreaux

The store manager who orchestrates a brutal crime against Eleanor and conceals it, setting off the chain of mirror-driven murders. His actions trigger the supernatural reckoning that ultimately leads to his demise inside the mirror.

🗝️ Secrets 🔒 Power

Jenna McCarty

A store buyer who becomes one of the victims of the mirror’s wrath, her death marking a turning point in the investigation and intensifying the sense that the mirrors are controlling the fate of the living.

💼 Workplace 🧭 Ambition

Ryan Parker

The vice-president of operations who dies in the same manner as Jenna, reinforcing the pattern of deaths linked to the store’s reflective world and driving the pursuit of the truth behind Eleanor’s disappearance.

💼 Corporate 🧩 Risk

Eleanor Reigns

A new employee who disappeared and is later revealed to be dead; her spirit haunts the mirrors, seeking revenge on those responsible for her rape and murder. Eleanor manipulates the living to reveal the truth and ultimately finds a form of justice through Max.

👻 Spirit 🪞 Revenge

Henry Schow

The former security guard who accessed the deleted surveillance files and bears the marks of Eleanor’s spectral influence. His confession underscores the store’s cover-up and seals a tragic fate as Eleanor’s vengeance closes in.

🗝️ Cover-up 🗡️ Fear

Elizabeth

Eleanor’s older sister who collaborates with Max to uncover the truth behind Eleanor’s disappearance and the Mayflower’s crimes. Her involvement broadens the investigation beyond the store to a personal connection with the victim.

👭 Sibling bond 🕵️ Investigation

Detective Huston

One of the investigators who questions Max and pursues the case, balancing skepticism with the eerie events unfolding within the Mayflower.

🕵️ Investigation 🔎 Inquiry

Detective Piccirilli

The other detective on the case who navigates the growing mystery and works to piece together the clues the mirror world reveals.

🕵️ Investigation 🔍 Clues

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Major Themes – Mirrors (2014)

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💔 Guilt & Trauma

Max’s survivor’s guilt after the fatal car crash that claimed Kayla drives his emotional arc. Psychological treatment helps him cope, yet the trauma resurfaces each time the mirrors reveal a death. His evolving gift to see into the mirror world exposes him to danger but also pulls him toward redemption and protection of his father.

🪞 Mirrors & Portals

Mirrors are not mere reflections but gateways to Eleanor’s vengeful spirit. The light guiding Max through the mirror world unveils clues and secrets hidden in glass, while each vision foreshadows a death. The mirror system tests free will, blurring the line between seen and unseen.

🕵️ Revenge & Cover-up

Eleanor’s murder and the subsequent cover-up expose a chain of corruption within the Mayflower’s workings. The deleted surveillance files and Henry’s involvement reveal how powerful interests attempted to erase the truth. The supernatural vengeance targets the culprits, forcing confession and reckoning.

Last Updated: October 27, 2025 at 16:46

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