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AIDS: Love in Danger

1985 · 88 min

A somber, slow-burning drama that weighs love against the pull of addiction, leaving a lingering sense of unease.

Overview
Frank, a young taxi driver from Berlin, falls in love with Jessica, a model. But the calls for help from his brother Ritchie bring him back to a tragic reality. For like Frank, he once was a dope fiend. Ritchie, as for him, is still deep in the hell of drugs, torn between getting his doses and trying to find 4,000 marks he owes to his dealers.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • addiction
  • love
  • family
  • survival
  • guilt
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour1
Realism8
Romance4
Tension6
Darkness8
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Where to watch in the UK

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Hans Noever
Written by
Paul Hengge
Starring
Friedrich Graner, Géraldine Danon, Piero von Arnim, Oliver Rohrbeck, Claudia Arnold, Olivier Pascalin, Lionel Melet, Harald Effenberg
Music
Francis Lai, Roland Romanelli
Cinematography
Hans-Günther Bücking
Runtime
88 min
Country
Germany, France
Languages
German

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