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Just Behind the Door

1984 · 87 min

A quiet, talky Austrian chamber piece that drifts between everyday realism and gentle surrealism, asking patience as it unfolds.

Overview: Molly wants to hear a story so Leo tells her about how he lost his reflection that morning while shaving. Austria's submission to the Academy Award foreign film competition in 1984.
How it feels: Melancholic, whimsical, eerie and earnest. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Identity, memory, isolation, art
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 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: identity
memory
isolation
art
Places: home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Mansur Madavi
Written by: Mansur Madavi
Starring: Nicola Filippelli, Kurt Kosutic, Irene Kugler, Erhard Pauer, Karl Schmid-Werter, Alfred Solm
Cinematography: Mansur Madavi
Runtime: 87 min
Country: Austria
Languages: German