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A Bride for Rip Van Winkle

2016 · 179 min

A long, quiet drift through loneliness and borrowed intimacy, beautiful and unsettling, asking patience as it slowly reveals its sadness.

Directed by
Shunji Iwai
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Haru Kuroki, Go Ayano, Cocco
Overview
A woman hires actors and strangers to pretend to be her friends and family at her wedding.

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Directed by
Shunji Iwai
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Haru Kuroki, Go Ayano, Cocco
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • identity
  • loneliness
  • deception
  • love
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror2
Humour2
Realism7
Romance5
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Directed by
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Starring
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Cinematography
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Runtime
179 min
Country
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Languages
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