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The Guest

1987 · 85 min

A slow, enigmatic plunge into faith and isolation, where quiet moments carry unsettling weight and demand patient attention.

Overview
The script is based on Borges's story "The Gospel according to St. Mark".

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How it feels

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Tone
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 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
  • faith
  • isolation
  • fate
  • identity
  • death
Places
  • countryside
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror3
Humour1
Realism4
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity8
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, fantasy
Directed by
Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy
Written by
Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy
Starring
Levan Abashidze, Levan Pilpani, N. Koundoukhov, Nikolay Ispolatov
Cinematography
Sergey Yurizditskiy
Runtime
85 min
Country
Soviet Union
Languages
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