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Liebe Lügen

1997 · 89 min

A moody, slow-burning crime romance where longing and deception quietly tighten around ordinary people in a damp port town.

Overview
The security guard at a pawn shop in a small port town, the seasick scion of a family of sailors, falls in love with the mistress of one of his best customers, a man who is constantly in debt. Under pressure from the mafia, the customer persuades his girlfriend to meet with the security guard and distract him while he commits a robbery.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • betrayal
  • love
  • crime
  • deception
  • obsession
Places
  • small town
  • sea
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
Realism7
Romance5
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Martin Walz
Written by
Martin Walz
Starring
Meret Becker, Bernd Michael Lade, Ralph Herforth, Udo Samel, Peter Lohmeyer, Otto Sander, Adriana Altaras, Karl Kranzkowski
Music
Emil Viklický
Cinematography
Alexander Honisch
Runtime
89 min
Country
Germany
Languages
German

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