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Wendel

1988 · 60 min

A quiet, brooding day of reunion where old friendship and unspoken feelings drift to the surface.

Overview
David has got himself pretty well organized, he’s got friends, jobs – not bad. Broods a little, but who doesn’t. Occasional political activity. He never really grasped why Wendel, his best friend for years, had left. Just took off. The fool. Emigrated. Back in the seventies, they had shared their lives, their love, their apartment and sometimes even the same woman. And now, what happens? Wendel comes back, out of the blue. They spend the day together.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 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
  • friendship
  • memory
  • identity
  • isolation
  • love
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism8
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Directed by
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Starring
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Runtime
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Country
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