Low Life

A slow, claustrophobic plunge into obsessive love and political dread, where the city's menace seeps into a locked room.

Directed by

Elisabeth Perceval, Nicolas Klotz

Genres

Drama, Romance

Starring

Camille Rutherford, Arash Naiman, Luc Chessel

Overview

A group of young people are organizing. One night, they face the police who came to evacuate an African squat. Carmen meets Hussain, a young afghan poet. Crazy in love, they don’t leave each other. But a curse hangs over the city, papers are carrying death, bodies are falling. Panicked at the idea that he could get arrested, Carmen forbids him to go out, and locks herself with him. Gradually, Hussain get the feeling that she is watching him…

How it feels

Tense, melancholic, romantic and dark. Slow-burning and demanding.

About

Love, politics, isolation, obsession

Content

Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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