Really feel like I might’ve just dreamt this movie up, as no one ever knows what I’m talking about when I mention it, and I can’t find it anywhere, so here goes nothing:
I watched this movie during the pandemic, back when I was really into the dreamcore/weirdcore aesthetic, circa 2021. So, I found this post on tiktok recommending it and I went to check it out on soap2day. It’s about this girl who’s sent to this institute by her parents. At first glance, everything seems to be normal. Idyllic, even. The place is gorgeous. It’s got this koi pond with water lilies, gardens with bushes shaped like animals (ie. a bunnie), but the downside is, it’s right by the sea. A 1000 ft drop. So, pretty much no way of escape. This scene plays a very important part on setting up a later scene. Worth mentioning that the quote, unquote “institute” is ran by this woman, blonde, kind of ambiguous authority figure.
Then, the mc starts noticing stuff. For example, every student there is happy-go-lucky all the time, there are robots that act as sentinels during nightime, etc. There’s even one particular scene where the protag and this girl try to sneak out at nightime (it’s worth noting that the girls and boys are separated, so they escape from the all girls room), once everyone’s asleep. There’s this really weird, retro-futuristic vibe to this movie. It’s one of those movies where they mix up old-timey stuff with new things. I think it’s even mentioned in a scene that this movie takes place somewhere in the 2060s.
There’s also a scene where a girl gets trapped by a sentient (??) rose bush, in a very gruesome way. The horror element is very present in this movie.
Then near the end, the protag tries to escape with a group of other students, and does succeed, but some die on the way. Then, in the end, there’s a scene where she seduces a man at a party to kill him, finally running off into the widerness, most specifically a forest, to live freely. She wears a green hooded cloak. Also quite important that the girl falls in love with a boy and a girl at the same time.
Please, if this description rings a bell, tell me. I really feel like this movie was just a fever dream of mine. I don’t wanna feel like I’m going crazy :'(