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Carrie
UNITED STATES · 1976

Carrie

Brian De Palma
teenage bullying telekinetic powers religious trauma maternal abuse social isolation
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Synopsis

Withdrawn and sensitive teenager Carrie White faces bullying from her classmates and abuse from her fanatically pious mother. When she begins to suspect that she has supernatural powers, things take a dark and violent turn.

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