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Adoration

2020 · 98 min

A slow, unsettling drift into first love and mental illness, wrapped in forest quiet and a growing sense of dread.

Directed by: Fabrice Du Welz
Genres: Drama
Starring: Thomas Gioria, Fantine Harduin, Benoît Poelvoorde

Overview: Paul lives with his mother in the private clinic of doctor Loisel, deeply hidden in the woods. Paul likes to roam the forest and observe nature. One day Gloria, a schizophrenic teenager of around fifteen years old, arrives, and Paul falls in love immediately.

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Directed by: Fabrice Du Welz
Genres: Drama
Starring: Thomas Gioria, Fantine Harduin, Benoît Poelvoorde

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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: love
madness
coming-of-age
isolation
obsession
Places: countryside
hospital
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	3
Horror	4
Humour	2
Realism	7
Romance	5
Tension	6
Darkness	7
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Fabrice Du Welz
Written by: Fabrice Du Welz, Romain Protat, Vincent Tavier
Starring: Thomas Gioria, Fantine Harduin, Benoît Poelvoorde, Laurent Lucas, Gwendolyn Gourvenec, Anaël Snoek, Martha Canga Antonio, Sandor Funtek
Music: Vincent Cahay
Cinematography: Manuel Dacosse
Runtime: 98 min
Country: Belgium, France
Languages: French, Dutch

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