The Broken

The story unfolds across a modern urban environment, moving between intimate domestic spaces and public institutions. Gina's home and Stefan's flat serve as claustrophobic stages for suspicion and ritualized domestic tension, while the American Embassy and the hospital provide official spaces where truth is interrogated. The subway and city streets become corridors of chase and revelation as mirror-images blur the line between self and other.

🪞 Doppelgängers

Mirror images invade every layer of the narrative, suggesting that who we are can be supplanted by an identical other. Gina encounters versions of herself that challenge her memory and sense of reality. The film uses the doppelgänger motif to probe questions of identity, ownership of one's life, and the fear of replacement.

🧠 Impostor/Capgras

Dr. Zachman's diagnosis points to Capgras delusion, a belief that familiar people have been replaced. The plot pushes Gina to question whether her perceptions are trustworthy or dictated by brain injury and memory gaps. The theme blurs medical realism with a psychological horror that centers on trust and recognition.

🎭 Reality vs Perception

What is real when appearances deceive and memories falter? The film toys with the idea that environments, relationships, and even objects (like the broken mirrors) can perform as cues for alternate lives. Perception becomes a weapon and a trap as Gina unravels the truth behind Stefan and the people around her.