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Upstream Color

2013 · 96 min

A hypnotic, disorienting puzzle that immerses you in sensory fragments and emotional echoes, demanding patience and rewarding with a haunting sense of connection.

Directed by: Shane Carruth
Genres: Drama, Science fiction
Starring: Amy Seimetz, Shane Carruth, Andrew Sensenig

Tagline: You can force your story's shape, but the color will always bloom upstream.
Overview: A man and woman are drawn together, entangled in the lifecycle of an ageless organism. Identity becomes an illusion as they struggle to assemble the loose fragments of wrecked lives.

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Directed by: Shane Carruth
Genres: Drama, Science fiction
Starring: Amy Seimetz, Shane Carruth, Andrew Sensenig

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Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
memory
isolation
trauma
love
Places: big city
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
unreliable narrator
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Horror	4
Humour	1
Realism	4
Romance	5
Tension	6
Darkness	7
Complexity	9
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama, science fiction
Directed by: Shane Carruth
Written by: Shane Carruth
Starring: Amy Seimetz, Shane Carruth, Andrew Sensenig, Thiago Martins, Carolyn King, Mollie Milligan, Myles McGee, Ashton Miramontes
Runtime: 96 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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