C.L.E.A.N. (2020) — AI Story Visualization

Plot Analysis Summary

An experimental cure for addiction transforms apparent hope into chaos, survival, and Alice's entrapment in a perfidious pact.

Story Structure — 4 Plot Phases

The Promised Cure

Patients arrive at Dr. Sutter's sanatorium with serious addictions. He introduces the C.L.E.A.N. program as a possible cure based on modifying behavioral brain patterns.

Key Events

• Patients Enter Treatment — Patients suffering from various addictions receive treatment in Dr. Sutter's sanatorium. Characters: Dr. Sutter, Alice Location: Sanatorium
• Addiction Defines Patients — The patients are described as struggling with alcohol, drugs, sex, and other addictions. Characters: Alice Location: Sanatorium
• Sutter Offers A Cure — Dr. Sutter presents the C.L.E.A.N. program as a possible cure for the patients. Characters: Dr. Sutter, Alice Location: Sanatorium
• C.L.E.A.N. Is Explained — C.L.E.A.N. means Cerebral Lateralization Enforcement and Neuroactivation. Characters: Dr. Sutter Location: Sanatorium
• Brain Patterns Targeted — The program modifies behavioral patterns in the brain to heal the patients. Characters: Dr. Sutter, Alice Location: Sanatorium
• Hope Appears Possible — The treatment initially looks like a source of hope for the patients. Characters: Dr. Sutter, Alice Location: Sanatorium

Alice's Buried Fear

Alice's longstanding fear and visions distinguish her experience from the apparent hope of treatment. Her childhood memory of witnessing her mother's murder provides the darkest part of her history.

Key Events

• Hope Appears Possible — The treatment initially looks like a source of hope for the patients. Characters: Dr. Sutter, Alice Location: Sanatorium
• Alice's Fear Emerges — Alice is described as having been plagued by fear since a very young age. Characters: Alice Location: Sanatorium
• Visions Haunt Alice — Alice experiences visions connected to her longstanding fear. Characters: Alice Location: Sanatorium
• A Violent Memory — Alice witnessed the gruesome murder of her mother when she was young. Characters: Alice Location: Alice's Past
• Treatment Loses Its Promise — The apparent promise of the treatment begins to give way to disturbing consequences. Characters: Dr. Sutter, Alice Location: Sanatorium
• Something Feels Wrong — Alice realizes that something is wrong with the situation around her. Characters: Alice Location: Sanatorium

Hope Collapses

Alice realizes that something is wrong as the treatment environment changes. The sanatorium descends into chaos, and the patients face a struggle for survival.

Key Events

• Something Feels Wrong — Alice realizes that something is wrong with the situation around her. Characters: Alice Location: Sanatorium
• Hope Turns To Chaos — The hopeful treatment environment transforms into chaos. Characters: Dr. Sutter, Alice Location: Sanatorium
• Patients Face Disorder — The patients are caught in the chaotic consequences of the treatment. Characters: Alice Location: Sanatorium
• Survival Becomes Central — The conflict becomes a matter of pure survival. Characters: Alice Location: Sanatorium
• Alice Searches For Meaning — Alice's fear and visions shape her understanding of the unfolding danger. Characters: Alice Location: Sanatorium
• The Program's Danger Deepens — The brain-modification treatment is associated with an increasingly dangerous situation. Characters: Dr. Sutter, Alice Location: Sanatorium

The Perfidious Pact

The increasingly dangerous treatment crisis becomes connected to a perfidious pact. Alice recognizes the danger but is ultimately caught within it.

Key Events

• The Program's Danger Deepens — The brain-modification treatment is associated with an increasingly dangerous situation. Characters: Dr. Sutter, Alice Location: Sanatorium
• A Perfidious Pact Appears — Alice becomes connected to a perfidious pact as the crisis intensifies. Characters: Alice Location: Sanatorium
• Alice Is Drawn In — Despite recognizing the danger, Alice is ultimately caught in the pact's grip. Characters: Alice Location: Sanatorium
• Survival Reaches Its Peak — The treatment crisis reaches its most extreme survival stakes. Characters: Dr. Sutter, Alice Location: Sanatorium
• Alice Remains Ensnared — The story ends with Alice ultimately in the clutches of the perfidious pact. Characters: Alice Location: Sanatorium

Story Breakdown

• Sanatorium Setup — The story begins with addicted patients receiving treatment in Dr. Sutter's sanatorium.
  • Addicted Patients — The patients suffer from addictions including alcohol, drugs, and sex.
  • Sutter's Facility — Dr. Sutter presents the sanatorium as the setting for his treatment.
• Experimental Cure — Dr. Sutter introduces C.L.E.A.N. as a program intended to heal the patients.
  • C.L.E.A.N. Program — The program stands for Cerebral Lateralization Enforcement and Neuroactivation.
  • Behavioral Modification — The treatment works by modifying behavioral patterns in the brain.
• Alice's Trauma — Alice's fear and visions are rooted in a traumatic childhood experience.
  • Lifelong Fear — Alice has been plagued by fear since she was very young.
  • Murderous Vision — Alice witnessed the gruesome murder of her mother.
• Hope Turns Dark — The apparent promise of treatment gives way to suspicion and danger.
  • False Promise — The cure initially appears hopeful before its consequences emerge.
  • Alice's Suspicion — Alice realizes that something is wrong with the situation.
• Chaos And Survival — The sanatorium becomes chaotic, shifting the story toward pure survival.
  • Treatment Chaos — The hopeful treatment environment turns into chaos.
  • Survival Stakes — The patients face circumstances defined by pure survival.
• Perfidious Pact — Alice's recognition of danger does not prevent her from being caught in a sinister pact.
  • Hidden Connection — The crisis becomes connected to a perfidious pact.
  • Alice Ensnared — Alice ultimately falls into the pact's clutches.

Directed by

Aurelio Toni Agliata

Key Cast

• Costas Mandylor — Dr. Sutter
• Tom Sizemore — Mr. Wilkens
• Fred Lobin — Noah Bishop
• Jenny Perris — Alice
• Maik van Epple — Joe