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Will o' the Wisp

1973 · 108 min

A quiet, rain-soaked drift through a harbor night, following lost strangers toward an elusive woman, with a melancholy, searching mood.

Directed by
Frans Buyens
Genres
Drama
Starring
Romain Deconinck, Eva Kant, Dora van der Groen
Overview
A rainy evening in the harbor of Antwerp. A man named Laarmans is on his way home even though he doesn't want to. Three lost Eastern sailors are looking for a woman named Maria Van Dam and ask Laermans to show them the way. He decides to help them find this mysterious woman.

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Directed by
Frans Buyens
Genres
Drama
Starring
Romain Deconinck, Eva Kant, Dora van der Groen
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 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
  • identity
  • fate
  • loneliness
  • mystery
Places
  • big city
  • sea
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Frans Buyens
Written by
Frans Buyens
Starring
Romain Deconinck, Eva Kant, Dora van der Groen, Maszar Hussein Sjeikh, Niaz Faruqi, Shafiq Ahmad, Tim Beekman, Fred Van Kuyk
Runtime
108 min
Country
Netherlands, Belgium
Languages
English, Dutch

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