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Venus Obscura

2018 · 93 min

A slow, unsettling descent into creative obsession and isolation, where rehearsal blurs into something strange and extreme.

Directed by
Christophe Karabache
Starring
Cédrick Spinassou, Zalfa Seurat, Thomas Arnaud
Overview
A theater director leads his two actors and his assistant to an isolated cottage in the open countryside in order to better rehearse for their theatrical performance of Heiner Müller's « Hamlet-machine ». Once on sight, the small troupe faces not only the dullness of daily routine, tensions and the usual hurdles of rehearsals, but eventually strange occurrences that turn out to be extraordinary and extreme in nature.

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Directed by
Christophe Karabache
Starring
Cédrick Spinassou, Zalfa Seurat, Thomas Arnaud
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Tone
  • eeriestrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 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
  • obsession
  • isolation
  • art
  • madness
  • identity
Places
  • single country house
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror6
Humour1
Realism4
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity8
Emotional weight7

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Directed by
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Runtime
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