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I, Anna

2012 · 93 min

A slow, moody plunge into a woman's fractured mind, where memory and desire blur like rain on a window.

Directed by: Barnaby Southcombe
Genres: Drama, Thriller, Mystery
Starring: Charlotte Rampling, Gabriel Byrne, Hayley Atwell

Tagline: The Darkest Secrets Are The Ones We Hide From Ourselves
Overview: A noir thriller told from the point of view of a femme fatale, who falls for the detective in charge of a murder case.

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Directed by: Barnaby Southcombe
Genres: Drama, Thriller, Mystery
Starring: Charlotte Rampling, Gabriel Byrne, Hayley Atwell

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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 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: identity
obsession
isolation
memory
deception
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
unreliable narrator
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	2
Humour	1
Realism	7
Romance	4
Tension	6
Darkness	7
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama, thriller, mystery
Directed by: Barnaby Southcombe
Written by: Barnaby Southcombe
Starring: Charlotte Rampling, Gabriel Byrne, Hayley Atwell, Eddie Marsan, Jodhi May, Ralph Brown, Max Deacon, Honor Blackman
Music: Jean-Michel Derain, David Braud
Cinematography: Ben Smithard
Runtime: 93 min
Country: France, Germany, United Kingdom
Languages: English

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