
The Skeleton Key(2005)
A hospice nurse working at a spooky New Orleans plantation home finds herself entangled in a mystery involving the house's dark past.


A woman returning home falls asleep and has vivid dreams that may or may not be happening in reality. Through repetitive images and complete mismatching of the objective view of time and space, her dark inner desires play out on-screen.

Maya Deren
The Woman

Alexander Hammid
The Man
Meshes of the Afternoon is a mystery, fantasy film released in 1943 exploring themes of suicide, dreams, key, woman director, short film. Directed by Maya Deren, it stars Maya Deren, Alexander Hammid. A woman returning home falls asleep and has vivid dreams that may or may not be happening in reality. Through repetitive images and complete mismatching of the objective view of time and space, her dark inner desires play out on-screen.
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