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Links of Life

2020 · 107 min

A quiet, contemplative encounter between two wounded strangers, unfolding slowly against vast desert landscapes with a gentle, humanistic ache.

Directed by: Marie-Hélène Roux
Starring: Marie Bunel, Rene Heger, Catherine Samie

Overview: Marion is a charismatic fifty-year-old French woman who was born with an attention disorder. Rob is a desperate and mysterious thirty-year-old American man. In the wilderness of Canyonlands, Utah, they meet.

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Directed by: Marie-Hélène Roux
Starring: Marie Bunel, Rene Heger, Catherine Samie

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
tensestrength 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: isolation
healing
identity
grief
friendship
Places: wilderness
road trip
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	1
Horror	1
Humour	2
Realism	7
Romance	2
Tension	4
Darkness	5
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	7

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