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Benjamin

2019 · 85 min

A tender, wryly funny character study of an anxious artist learning to accept love, carried by gentle charm and quiet emotional ache.

Directed by
Simon Amstell
Genres
Romance, Comedy, Drama
Tagline
It's about my inability to love. But I'm fine now.
Overview
Benjamin, a rising star filmmaker, is on the brink of premiering his difficult second film No Self at the London Film Festival when Billie, his hard drinking publicist, introduces him to a mesmeric French musician called Noah.

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Directed by
Simon Amstell
Genres
Romance, Comedy, Drama
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 3 of 3
  • lightstrength 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
  • identity
  • isolation
  • ambition
  • healing
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour6
Realism8
Romance7
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Genres
romance, comedy, drama
Directed by
Simon Amstell
Written by
Simon Amstell
Starring
Colin Morgan, Phénix Brossard, Joel Fry, Jessica Raine, Jack Rowan, Anna Chancellor, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Michèle Belgrand
Music
James Righton
Cinematography
David Pimm
Runtime
85 min
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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