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Close To Heaven

2005 · 96 min

A quiet, melancholy character piece that lingers on a man's inner reckoning before a desperate act.

Directed by
Dan Svátek
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Go Go Jean Michel Francis, Ivo Niederle, Tuva Novotny
Overview
Samuel stands on the edge of a hotel roof in the rain and, before he jumps into the street below, he tries to summon up in his mind an image of his homeland.

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Directed by
Dan Svátek
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Go Go Jean Michel Francis, Ivo Niederle, Tuva Novotny
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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • isolation
    • death
    • memory
    • identity
    Places
    • big city
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror1
    Humour3
    Realism7
    Romance2
    Tension4
    Darkness6
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight6

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    Details

    Genres
    comedy, drama
    Directed by
    Dan Svátek
    Starring
    Go Go Jean Michel Francis, Ivo Niederle, Tuva Novotny, Tonya Graves, Petr Vaněk
    Runtime
    96 min
    Country
    Czech Republic
    Languages
    Czech, English

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