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Red Shoe Diaries

1992 · 105 min

A glossy, mournful erotic drama that drifts between grief and desire, feeling languid, sensual and quietly unsettling.

Directed by: Zalman King
Genres: Romance, Drama, Thriller
Starring: David Duchovny, Brigitte Bako, Billy Wirth

Tagline: Trapped by a burning secret. Torn by a blazing desire.
Overview: A man grieving the loss of his fiancée discovers a diary she kept that details a side of her he never knew. In an effort to understand, he reaches out in an unusual way by placing an ad asking for women’s diaries and hearing their stories.

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Directed by: Zalman King
Genres: Romance, Drama, Thriller
Starring: David Duchovny, Brigitte Bako, Billy Wirth

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: grief
obsession
betrayal
guilt
sexuality
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex strong

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	2
Humour	1
Realism	6
Romance	7
Tension	5
Darkness	6
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: romance, drama, thriller, tv movie
Directed by: Zalman King
Written by: Patricia Louisianna Knop, Zalman King
Starring: David Duchovny, Brigitte Bako, Billy Wirth, Kai Wulff, Bridgit Ryan, Evie Sullivan, Brenda Vaccaro, Anna Karin
Cinematography: Marc Reshovsky
Runtime: 105 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: Hungarian, English

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