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Advantages of Travelling by Train

2019 · 104 min

A disorienting, darkly funny puzzle of nested stories that keeps shifting reality, demanding close attention and rewarding with unsettling surprises.

Tagline
Truth is overrated. Reality stinks.
Overview
After interning her insane husband in a remote psychiatric hospital, book editor Helga Pato returns home by train, where she meets a mysterious man who identifies himself as a psychiatrist.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • madness
  • deception
  • identity
  • obsession
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
  • road trip
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • unreliable narrator
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror4
Humour7
Realism6
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness8
Complexity9
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, thriller
Directed by
Aritz Moreno
Written by
Javier Gullón
Starring
Luis Tosar, Pilar Castro, Ernesto Alterio, Quim Gutiérrez, Belén Cuesta, Macarena García, Javier Godino, Stéphanie Magnin
Music
Cristóbal Tapia de Veer
Cinematography
Javier Agirre Erauso
Runtime
104 min
Country
France, Spain
Languages
English, French, Russian, Spanish

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