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File 253

File 253

20156.01h 19m

Overview

In 2013 a psychiatric clinic which served for more than 50 years caring for patients in Mexico City was demolished. A few months before its demolition, four young men came to investigate the clinic, determined to discover the truth about rumors of strange and paranormal events, recording everything with which they encounter. Today, the whereabouts of these four young men are unknown, remaining only fragments of their recordings.

Directed by Abe Rosenberg Fishbein
Written by Joseph Hemsani Levy, Abe Rosenberg Fishbein
Produced by Claudio Sodi Zapata, Joseph Hemsani Levy
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Top Cast

Anna Cetti

Anna Cetti

Isabella

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Mario Escalante

Mateo

Michel Chauvet

Michel Chauvet

Diego

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Juan Luis Tovar

Charly

Themes & Keywords

asylumparanormalpsychiatric hospitalparanormal investigationmissing personfound footagepseudo-documentaryhorrormystery

About File 253

File 253 is a horror film released in 2015 exploring themes of asylum, paranormal, psychiatric hospital, paranormal investigation, missing person, found footage. Directed by Abe Rosenberg Fishbein, it stars Anna Cetti, Mario Escalante, Michel Chauvet. In 2013 a psychiatric clinic which served for more than 50 years caring for patients in Mexico City was demolished. A few months before its demolition, four young men came to investigate the clinic, determined to discover the truth about rumors of strange and paranormal events, recording everything with which they encounter. Today, the whereabouts of these four young men are unknown, remaining only fragments of their recordings.

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