Don't Look Back (film)

Don't Look Back, aka Ne Te Retourne Pas, is a 2009 French arthouse film.

Jeanne, a married mother of two, starts noticing small changes to her surroundings. Each time something changes, everyone she asks says it has always been that way, leading Jeanne to wonder whether things really are changing or whether she's going crazy. Combining newly appearing clues with her inconsistent memories, Jeanne sets off on a Quest for Identity to find out the truth.


 * Boat Lights: Sported by characters midway through their transformations.
 * Body Horror
 * Brother-Sister Incest: Jeanne and Gianni have reason to suspect that they're related. Doesn't stop them for but a moment.
 * Loss of Identity: The changes lead Jeanne to start wondering if her life is actually real or if she's actually insane.
 * Quest for Identity
 * Psychological Horror: Is the world changing and you're the only one to notice, or have you gone mad and you're the only one not to notice?
 * Scars Are Forever: Jeanne starts with a prominent scar on her leg from a childhood car accident, but it disappears as her transformation progresses.
 * : A possible interpretation of the plot.
 * Through the Eyes of Madness
 * Trauma-Induced Amnesia: Jeanne can't remember anything about her life before a traumatic car crash when she was eight years old.
 * Through the Eyes of Madness
 * Trauma-Induced Amnesia: Jeanne can't remember anything about her life before a traumatic car crash when she was eight years old.