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A Young Man With High Potential

2019 · 85 min

A slow, uncomfortable descent into obsession and betrayal, leaving a lingering sense of dread and moral unease.

Directed by
Linus de Paoli
Genres
Crime, Thriller
Starring
Adam Ild Rohweder, Paulina Gałązka, Amanda Plummer
Overview
Piet, who is studying computer science, is as inexperienced sexually as he is intelligent. When he notices that his feelings for Klara, a fellow student, are not really reciprocal, he is deeply hurt. After trying out sleeping pills on himself, he drugs Klara, with unexpected consequences.

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Free in the UK
  • Plex
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Directed by
Linus de Paoli
Genres
Crime, Thriller
Starring
Adam Ild Rohweder, Paulina Gałązka, Amanda Plummer
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • isolation
  • betrayal
  • guilt
  • identity
Places
  • school
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror4
Humour1
Realism8
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
crime, thriller
Directed by
Linus de Paoli
Written by
Linus de Paoli, Anna de Paoli
Starring
Adam Ild Rohweder, Paulina Gałązka, Amanda Plummer, Pit Bukowski, Vania Bajdarova, Laurence Roothooft, Sheraz Khan, Prodromos Antoniadis
Music
Felix Raffel
Runtime
85 min
Country
Germany
Languages
English

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