Movie

Beauty

2011 · 101 min

A slow, suffocating study of repressed desire and self-loathing that builds to a brutal, unsettling climax.

Tagline: When desire becomes obsession.
Overview: François van Heerden, a mid-40s Afrikaans family man, has become devoid of any care or concern for his own measure of happiness, and so convinced of his ill-fated existence, that he is wholly unprepared when a chance encounter unravels his clean, controlled life.
How it feels: Dark, bleak, tense and melancholic. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Obsession, identity, isolation, sexuality
Content: Strong violence, sexual content and language. Mild gore.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: obsession
identity
isolation
sexuality
guilt
Places: small town
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex strong