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Repeater

1979 · 76 min

A cool, puzzle-like crime story that keeps you at a distance, asking you to piece together what really happened.

Directed by: Christopher Monger
Genres: Crime, Thriller
Starring: Chris Abrahams, John Cassady, Alan Morris

Overview: A deconstructed crime thriller, inspired by the French new wave, in which a woman’s confession of murder is not as simple as it seems.

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Directed by: Christopher Monger
Genres: Crime, Thriller
Starring: Chris Abrahams, John Cassady, Alan Morris

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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 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: deception
guilt
memory
crime
identity
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
unreliable narrator
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	1
Humour	2
Realism	6
Romance	1
Tension	6
Darkness	6
Complexity	8
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: crime, thriller
Directed by: Christopher Monger
Written by: Christopher Monger
Starring: Chris Abrahams, John Cassady, Alan Morris, Alexei Sayle, Lira Moore, Phil Jennings, Franco Ferreri, Cindy Perry
Runtime: 76 min
Country: United Kingdom
Languages: English

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