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At Eternity's Gate

2018 · 111 min

A slow, immersive plunge into a painter's mind, blending beauty and anguish in a deeply felt, visually restless experience.

Directed by: Julian Schnabel
Genres: Drama, History
Starring: Willem Dafoe, Rupert Friend, Oscar Isaac

Tagline: A Grain of Madness is the Best of Art
Overview: Famed but tormented artist Vincent van Gogh spends his final years in Arles, France, painting masterworks of the natural world that surrounds him.

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Directed by: Julian Schnabel
Genres: Drama, History
Starring: Willem Dafoe, Rupert Friend, Oscar Isaac

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: art
madness
isolation
identity
death
Places: countryside
hospital
small town
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
true story
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	1
Horror	1
Humour	1
Realism	8
Romance	1
Tension	4
Darkness	7
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	9

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Genres: drama, history
Directed by: Julian Schnabel
Written by: Jean-Claude Carrière, Julian Schnabel, Louise Kugelberg
Starring: Willem Dafoe, Rupert Friend, Oscar Isaac, Mads Mikkelsen, Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner, Niels Arestrup, Anne Consigny
Music: Tatiana Lisovskaya
Cinematography: Benoît Delhomme
Runtime: 111 min
Country: France, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America, Ireland
Languages: English, French

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