traumas
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The script grounds its fantasy in real emotional traumas and triggers: Anna and Michael bond over losing parents and the competition between brothers resonates authentically.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
“There were a lot of foundational traumas with my parents.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
While he moderates, screens, and guides members around the clock, Brooks is still processing his own traumas.
From Slate • Feb. 2, 2026
By keeping their shared traumas largely undefined for most of the film, Trier allows the Borg family dynamics to be appropriately murky.
From Salon • Nov. 23, 2025
We rowed past the old lighthouse, tranquil in the distance, which only last night had been the scene of so many traumas.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
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