Movie

Melancholie der Engel

2009 · 164 min

A gruelling, slow descent into nihilistic depravity, shot with unsettling beauty; it demands endurance and leaves a lingering sense of despair.

Tagline: Poetic, Radical, Original, Unwieldy... Impossible To Forget.
Overview: Upon learning that his days are numbered, a man and an old friend return to an old house that connects them by a dark secret. Along with three women and a mysterious old man, the group journeys into a horrifying abyss of debauchery and moral mayhem, leading to a fatal turn of events, during which the darkest human depths are revealed.
How it feels: Bleak, dark, eerie and melancholic. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Death, obsession, madness, isolation
Content: Strong violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 3 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 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: death
obsession
madness
isolation
morality
Places: countryside
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex strong