Movie

Life Eternal

2015 · 123 min

A wry, brooding Austrian crime story that mixes deadpan humour with painful memories and a slow-burning search for truth.

Tagline: Now something has happened again...
Overview: Brenner returns to Graz, the city where he grew up. When confronted with his old friends, his former girlfriend and the major sin he committed when he was young, murders and a fateful gunshot to the head result. After Brenner comes out of a coma, he begins to search for the person who tried to kill him - however, everybody claims that he himself is responsible. In the beginning Brenner was at the end of his rope, but he could face a new beginning in the end.
How it feels: Dark, cynical, melancholic and absurd. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Memory, guilt, identity, crime
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: memory
guilt
identity
crime
redemption
Places: small town
hospital
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild