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I Wanted to See Angels

1992 · 83 min

A slow, melancholy ride through a harsh city, watching a naive dreamer get worn down by reality.

Overview
Twenty-year-old Bob rides 1000 km to Moscow on his vintage motorbike to collect a bad debt for his boss; the city chews up and spits out this naive country boy, whose head is full of Easy Rider dreams.

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • crime
  • isolation
  • coming-of-age
  • betrayal
  • survival
Places
  • big city
  • road trip
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour3
Realism8
Romance4
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
romance, crime
Directed by
Sergei Bodrov
Written by
Sergei Bodrov, Carolyn Cavallero
Starring
Liya Akhedzhakova, Aleksei Boronov, Natalya Ginko, Yevgeni Pivovarov, Aleksei Zharkov, Lev Butenin, Igor Vorobyev, Valeriy Derkach
Cinematography
Sergey Taraskin, Aleksey Rodionov
Runtime
83 min
Country
Russia, United States of America
Languages
Russian

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