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Odyssey of Love

1987 · 110 min

A slow, talky European drama that drifts through affairs and grief, feeling intimate and a little detached.

Directed by
Pim de la Parra
Genres
Romance, Drama
Starring
Herbert Flack, Sarah Brackett, Patty Brard
Overview
Paul has a full-time lover, an older English woman whose common sense and down-to-earth qualities more than compensate for her relative lack of passion. After all, he is surrounded by women clamoring for time with him in bed. So are all the other men in the story. When one of his sons dies suddenly during an operation, Paul is devastated and cannot make out what has gone wrong in his life. None of his current crop of friends has any insight to offer. Some of these questions become clearer when his sister, with whom he is almost unnaturally close, comes to visit.

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Directed by
Pim de la Parra
Genres
Romance, Drama
Starring
Herbert Flack, Sarah Brackett, Patty Brard
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • love
  • family
  • identity
  • sexuality
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour3
Realism8
Romance6
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
romance, drama
Directed by
Pim de la Parra
Written by
Pim de la Parra, Dorna X. van Rouveroy
Starring
Herbert Flack, Sarah Brackett, Patty Brard, Liz Snoijink, Eddie Marchena, Ramon Todd Dandare, Devika Strooker, John van Dreelen
Runtime
110 min
Country
Netherlands
Languages
Dutch

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