Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass

Name: Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass
Director: Stephen Quay
Genre: Animation, Fantasy, Drama, Horror
Released: 2025-04-11
Duration: 1 h 13 min
Rating: 6
Cast: Tadeusz Janiszewski, Wioletta Kopańska, Andrzej Kłak, Leszek Bzdyl, Robert Martyniak

Directed by Stephen Quay

20251h 13m6.0

Overview

Jozef embarks on a journey via a ghostly train to visit his dying father in a remote Galician sanatorium. Upon arrival, he discovers that the sanatorium exists in a realm where time is distorted—his father's death has not yet occurred, as time here lags behind the outside world by an undefined interval. Jozef's experiences become increasingly fragmented and dreamlike as he confronts various manifestations of his father, each representing different aspects of their relationship and his own psyche.