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Quicker Than the Eye

1989 · 94 min

A slow, tangled thriller that keeps you leaning in to track who is deceiving whom.

Directed by
Nicolas Gessner
Genres
Drama, Thriller
Starring
Ben Gazzara, Mary Crosby, Jean Yanne
Overview
An expert magician is hired to entertain world leaders at a peace summit. Unfortunately, he finds himself hopelessly entangled in an elaborate terrorist assassination plot.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Nicolas Gessner
Genres
Drama, Thriller
Starring
Ben Gazzara, Mary Crosby, Jean Yanne
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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
    • conspiracy
    • deception
    • power
    Places
    None
    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
    Action3
    Horror1
    Humour2
    Realism6
    Romance2
    Tension6
    Darkness5
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight4

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    Details

    Genres
    drama, thriller
    Directed by
    Nicolas Gessner
    Written by
    Nicolas Gessner, Brian Strassman, John Morhaim
    Starring
    Ben Gazzara, Mary Crosby, Jean Yanne, Wolfram Berger, Dinah Hinz, Ivan Desny, Christoph Waltz
    Runtime
    94 min
    Country
    Austria, Germany, Switzerland
    Languages
    English, French

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