Movie

Desires

1983 · 98 min

A strange, dreamlike drift through guilt and sin, more mood and image than story, rewarding patience with unease.

Tagline: We all have the key
Overview: Snippets of a family drama involving a rebellious son coming to his depressing home village, his father, and a jaded ex-lover, mixed with various surrealist scenes and statements about sin.
How it feels: Dark, eerie, melancholic and absurd. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Guilt, faith, family, isolation
Content: Strong sexual content. Mild violence, gore and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: guilt
faith
family
isolation
identity
Places: countryside
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex strong