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A Thought of Ecstasy

2018 · 90 min

A slow, hazy plunge into obsession and heat, dreamlike and uneasy, more mood than story.

Directed by: Rolf Peter Kahl
Genres: Romance, Mystery, Thriller
Starring: Rolf Peter Kahl, Deborah Kara Unger, Ava Verne

Overview: August 2019. Frank recognizes his own story of twenty years ago in a recently published book. He remembers Marie, with whom he had a relationship before she moved to the United States and disappeared from his life. Frank sets out in search of her and finds himself in a USA petrified by a heat wave and lost in suspicion and political paranoia. He heads into the desert in pursuit of Marie.

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Directed by: Rolf Peter Kahl
Genres: Romance, Mystery, Thriller
Starring: Rolf Peter Kahl, Deborah Kara Unger, Ava Verne

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: obsession
memory
identity
isolation
love
Places: road trip
countryside
big city
Era: near-future
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence mild
Sex strong

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Action	3
Horror	3
Humour	1
Realism	6
Romance	6
Tension	6
Darkness	7
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: romance, mystery, thriller
Directed by: Rolf Peter Kahl
Written by: Torsten Neumann, Rolf Peter Kahl
Starring: Rolf Peter Kahl, Deborah Kara Unger, Ava Verne, Lena Morris, Buddy Giovinazzo, Joel Cairo, Karim Cherif, Lucie Pohl
Cinematography: Markus Hirner
Runtime: 90 min
Country: Germany, United States of America, Switzerland
Languages: German, English

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