Hermetical

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–adjective 

1. made airtight 

by 

fusion or sealing. 



2. not affected by outward influence or power; isolated. 



3. (sometimes initial capital letter) of, pertaining to, or characteristic of occult science, esp. alchemy. 

4. (initial capital letter) of or pertaining to Hermes Trismegistus or the writings ascribed to him.

Also, hermetical.





 　

And to me as well. What the director and writer do here is not unfold a plot, but flay the [skin] from a hidden world. Their story puts their characters to a test: 



They can be true to their job descriptions within a hermetically [sealed] world where everyone shares the same values and expectations, and where outsiders are by definition the prey. 



But what happens when their [cocoon] is broached? Do they still [possess] fugitive feelings instilled by a long-forgotten babushka? And what if they do?





seclude (v.)

cf. recluse (a. n.)

deracinate

Avert 



opacity

the quality of being [opaque]

As with Basquiat, there's a certain dreamy [opacity] [to] Before Night Falls. 

obfuscate

to obfuscate a problem with [ex]traneous information.  

occult

of or pertaining to magic, astrology or any system supernatural 

They have special knowledge, [occult] beliefs, revolutionary health practices.

Threnody