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Music Box

1989 · 124 min

A slow-burning legal drama that tightens like a vise as a daughter's certainty erodes into moral horror.

Tagline
As a lawyer all she wanted was the truth. As a daughter all she wanted was his innocence. How well do you really know your father?
Overview
A lawyer defends her father accused of war crimes, but there is more to the case than she suspects.
Stream in the UK
  • Studiocanal Presents Amazon Channel
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 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
  • justice
  • family
  • betrayal
  • guilt
  • memory
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror3
Humour1
Realism8
Romance0
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity7
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
drama, thriller, mystery
Directed by
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Written by
Joe Eszterhas
Starring
Jessica Lange, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Donald Moffat, Lukas Haas, Cheryl Lynn Bruce, Mari Törőcsik, Frederic Forrest, J.S. Block
Music
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Cinematography
Patrick Blossier
Runtime
124 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
Hungarian, English

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