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Married Life

2008 · 90 min

A wry, melancholic look at love and deception, where quiet desperation simmers beneath polished surfaces.

Directed by
Ira Sachs
Genres
Crime, Drama, Romance
Tagline
Do you know what really goes on in the mind of the person with whom you sleep?
Overview
A very gentle middle-aged man is married, but when he falls in love with another woman, he decides that to divorce his wife would humiliate her too much – so instead he decides to kill her.

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Directed by
Ira Sachs
Genres
Crime, Drama, Romance
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • betrayal
  • deception
  • guilt
  • morality
Places
  • suburbs
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour4
Realism7
Romance6
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Genres
crime, drama, romance
Directed by
Ira Sachs
Written by
Ira Sachs, Oren Moverman
Starring
Pierce Brosnan, Chris Cooper, Patricia Clarkson, Rachel McAdams, David Wenham, Annabel Kershaw, Sheila Paterson, David Richmond-Peck
Music
Dickon Hinchliffe
Cinematography
Peter Deming
Runtime
90 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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