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Prince of Shadows

1991 · 109 min

A slow-burning, shadowy noir that wraps you in paranoia and moral ambiguity as a man hunts a traitor in Franco's Spain.

Overview
Madrid, 1962. More than twenty years after the civil war has finished, a communist comes back to Spain to kill a traitor.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • betrayal
  • identity
  • obsession
  • politics
  • memory
Places
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour1
Realism7
Romance5
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
thriller, crime, drama
Directed by
Pilar Miró
Written by
Mario Camus, Pilar Miró, Juan Antonio Porto
Starring
Terence Stamp, Patsy Kensit, José Luis Gómez, Geraldine James, Simón Andreu, Aleksander Bardini, John McEnery, Jorge de Juan
Music
José Nieto
Cinematography
Javier Aguirresarobe
Runtime
109 min
Country
Netherlands, Spain
Languages
English, Spanish

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