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Anatomy of Hell

2004 · 77 min

A confrontational, claustrophobic provocation that feels like an endurance test of explicit imagery and philosophical monologue.

Overview
A woman employs a gay man to spend four nights at her house to watch her when she's "unwatchable".

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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • gender
  • sexuality
  • identity
  • obsession
  • power
Places
  • single country house
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror6
Humour1
Realism6
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness9
Complexity8
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Catherine Breillat
Written by
Catherine Breillat
Starring
Amira Casar, Rocco Siffredi, Alexandre Belin, Manuel Taglang, Jacques Monge, Claudio Carvalho, Carolina Lopes, Diego Rodrigues
Cinematography
Guillaume Schiffman, Giorgos Arvanitis
Runtime
77 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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