When a breakdown threatens her ballet career, a renowned dancer flees into the forest — and meets a mute stranger whose primal expressiveness pulls her into a wordless journey through trauma, rage and transformation. She must face her shadow self to reclaim her voice.

"ARLO – The Awakening of the Shadows" is a visually hypnotic and emotionally unfiltered dance-driven psychodrama that unfolds like a waking dream, where movement replaces dialogue and the forest becomes the stage of the subconscious. Blending the intensity of "Black Swan" with the dark magic of "Pan’s Labyrinth", the film explores the collapse and rebirth of identity through haunting choreography, shifting realities, and the silent connection between two parts of a lost soul.

Dance film, Mystery, Drama

Feature film, 100 minutes


by Thomas Grube