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In the Room

2015 · 90 min

A slow, sensual drift through decades in one hotel room, mixing desire, loss and quiet confession into a wistful, intimate mood piece.

Directed by: Eric Khoo
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Starring: Boon Pin Koh, Daniel Jenkins, Josie Ho

Tagline: Can you resist temptation?
Overview: This sensitive and sensual film draws together several narratives spanning several decades, all of them transpiring in the same room of the same Singaporean hotel — and all of them involving sex.

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Directed by: Eric Khoo
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Starring: Boon Pin Koh, Daniel Jenkins, Josie Ho

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 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: love
identity
sexuality
memory
isolation
Places: single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: anthology
nonlinear
single location
Content intensity: Gore none
Language strong
Violence mild
Sex strong

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	1
Horror	1
Humour	3
Realism	7
Romance	6
Tension	3
Darkness	5
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: comedy, drama, romance
Directed by: Eric Khoo
Written by: Jonathon Lim, Andrew Hook
Starring: Boon Pin Koh, Daniel Jenkins, Josie Ho, Jean Maguire, Gillian Tan, Rain Chan, Ian Tan, Nadia Ar
Cinematography: Brian Gothong Tan
Runtime: 90 min
Country: Hong Kong, Singapore
Languages: Japanese, Thai, Mandarin, English, Korean, Malay

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