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Outside

2004 · 107 min

A quiet, watchful romance that drifts between distance and intimacy, observing two lonely lives slowly converge with restrained melancholy.

Overview: Laura works as a newscaster and José Maria as a stockbroker, and while they live in the same housing complex, their lives never cross directly. Nevertheless, he watches her from a distance, seeing all her movements without her knowledge. But their lives finally meet when he is invited onto her news program. From there, a romance begins which coincides with the desire of two beings who finally find a reason to seek love once again.

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
obsession
love
loneliness
identity
Places: big city
home
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	1
Horror	1
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	6
Tension	4
Darkness	4
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Fernando Lopes
Written by: Fernando Lopes, João Lopes
Starring: Alexandra Lencastre, Rogério Samora, Maria João Abreu, Miguel Guilherme, Ana Zanatti, Joaquim Leitão, Sofia Bénard da Costa, Miguel Jessen
Cinematography: Edmundo Díaz Sotelo
Runtime: 107 min
Country: Portugal
Languages: Portuguese

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