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Kafka

1991 · 98 min

A slow, disorienting descent into bureaucratic nightmare, where black-and-white dread gives way to surreal color and paranoia.

Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
Genres: Drama, Mystery
Starring: Jeremy Irons, Theresa Russell, Joel Grey

Tagline: To solve a mystery he will enter a nightmare.
Overview: After a colleague is murdered, insurance worker Kafka gets embroiled in an underground group who are attempting to thwart a secret organization that controls the major events in society.

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Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
Genres: Drama, Mystery
Starring: Jeremy Irons, Theresa Russell, Joel Grey

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
eeriestrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 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: isolation
conspiracy
identity
power
obsession
Places: big city
workplace
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	3
Horror	5
Humour	2
Realism	4
Romance	2
Tension	7
Darkness	8
Complexity	8
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama, mystery
Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
Written by: Lem Dobbs
Starring: Jeremy Irons, Theresa Russell, Joel Grey, Ian Holm, Jeroen Krabbé, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Alec Guinness, Brian Glover
Music: Cliff Martinez
Cinematography: Walt Lloyd
Runtime: 98 min
Country: France, United States of America
Languages: English

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