Movie

The Encounter

1999

A quiet dinner curdles into ritual and menace, leaving a lingering chill of old violence surfacing beneath ordinary lives.

Overview: A group of young people meet for dinner. After an argument, two of the guests engage in a parody of a knife fight. The end of that fight is the beginning of another tragedy, older and deeper, that is deposited in those knives.
How it feels: Tense, dark, eerie and melancholic. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Violence, fate, deception, guilt
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore and language. No sexual content.
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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 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: violence
fate
deception
guilt
death
Places: single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex none

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Directed by: Maximiliano Gerscovich
Written by: Jorge Luis Borges
Starring: Lulú Brenner, Samuel Arena, Lyonell Clift, Christopher Garrison, Gustavo Monje, Silvina Musa, Mariano Riaboi, Tato Veiga
Country: Argentina
Languages: Spanish