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The Things Between Us

2008 · 90 min

A quiet, uncomfortable study of a marriage quietly breaking, watching a woman test her own boundaries with uneasy intimacy.

Overview
When a married woman discovers her husband's addiction to visiting brothels, she decides to start visiting them herself and is quickly swept up into a secret life filled with new sexual discoveries.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 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
  • betrayal
  • identity
  • sexuality
  • obsession
  • isolation
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance4
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Where to watch in the UK

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Iris Janssen
Written by
Iris Janssen
Starring
Daniela Wutte, Antje Widdra, Christoph Jacobi, Hans-Joachim Heist, Günter Voß, Guido Broscheit, Katharina Palm, Herbert Schäfer
Runtime
90 min
Country
Germany

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