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Nude Area

2014 · 73 min

A quiet, sensual slow-burn that feels like a wordless summer dream of longing and hesitation.

Directed by
Urszula Antoniak
Genres
Romance, Drama
Starring
Sammy Boonstra, Imaan Hammam, Benjamin de Wit
Overview
Naomi, a fifteen year-old Dutch girl from South-Amsterdam, develops a crush on a beautiful Arabic girl of the same age living in the poor quarters of Amsterdam West. During one magical summer in Amsterdam, the two girls play an emotional chess game of love, seduction and attraction.

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Directed by
Urszula Antoniak
Genres
Romance, Drama
Starring
Sammy Boonstra, Imaan Hammam, Benjamin de Wit
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Tone
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 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
  • sexuality
  • love
  • identity
  • coming-of-age
  • class
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour1
Realism7
Romance8
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
romance, drama
Directed by
Urszula Antoniak
Written by
Urszula Antoniak
Starring
Sammy Boonstra, Imaan Hammam, Benjamin de Wit, Mimi Jadoenathmisier, Lars Druiven, Stefan Wirken, Samuel Du Chatinier, Jasmin Oulad Abdelaziz
Music
Paweł Mykietyn
Cinematography
Piotr Sobociński Jr.
Runtime
73 min
Country
Netherlands, Poland
Languages
No Language

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