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The Book Of Vision

2021 · 100 min

A slow, dreamlike plunge into memory and medicine that asks you to surrender to its quiet, unsettling mystery.

Directed by: Carlo Shalom Hintermann
Genres: Drama, History, Mystery
Starring: Lotte Verbeek, Charles Dance, Sverrir Gudnason

Overview: Eva, a mysterious doctor, searches for an answer to her urgent dilemma as she unravels Dr. Anmuth's Book of Vision. Henry gets involved in her life and is forced to confront his own nature, as Eva faces the biggest decision of her life.

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Directed by: Carlo Shalom Hintermann
Genres: Drama, History, Mystery
Starring: Lotte Verbeek, Charles Dance, Sverrir Gudnason

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 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: identity
memory
death
faith
science
Places: single country house
hospital
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	2
Humour	1
Realism	5
Romance	3
Tension	4
Darkness	6
Complexity	8
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama, history, mystery
Directed by: Carlo Shalom Hintermann
Written by: Marco Saura, Carlo Shalom Hintermann
Starring: Lotte Verbeek, Charles Dance, Sverrir Gudnason, Isolda Dychauk-Ott, Filippo Nigro, Vera Filatova, Giselda Volodi, Marco Quaglia
Cinematography: Jörg Widmer
Runtime: 100 min
Country: United Kingdom, Italy, Belgium
Languages: English, French

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