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Illusion

2013 · 93 min

An intimate, talk-heavy night out where strangers shed their inhibitions and drift between confession and confrontation.

Overview
Eight very different people meet one night and a bar and leave all restraints behind them, that society put on them...

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How it feels

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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • identity
    • freedom
    • isolation
    Places
    • big city
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action2
    Horror2
    Humour3
    Realism6
    Romance3
    Tension4
    Darkness5
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight5

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Roland Reber
    Written by
    Roland Reber
    Starring
    Antje Mönning, Marina Anna Eich, Carolina Hoffmann, Andreas Pegler, Mira Gittner, Christoph Baumann, Thomas Kollhoff, Wolfgang Seidenberg
    Runtime
    93 min
    Country
    Germany
    Languages
    German

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