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I Met a Girl

2020 · 108 min

A tender, bittersweet road trip through love and mental illness, balancing whimsy with raw emotional honesty.

Directed by
Luke Eve
Genres
Romance, Drama, Comedy
Starring
Brenton Thwaites, Lily Sullivan, Joel Jackson
Tagline
What if the woman of your dreams was all in your head?
Overview
An aspiring musician struggling with schizophrenia falls for a mysterious woman who may be all in his head. When she suddenly vanishes, he takes off on a cross-country journey across Australia to find her, forcing his long-suffering brother to chase after him.

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Free in the UK
  • W4free
More options Data from JustWatch
Directed by
Luke Eve
Genres
Romance, Drama, Comedy
Starring
Brenton Thwaites, Lily Sullivan, Joel Jackson
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 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
  • identity
  • family
  • isolation
  • healing
Places
  • road trip
  • big city
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour4
Realism7
Romance6
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
romance, drama, comedy
Directed by
Luke Eve
Written by
Glen Dolman
Starring
Brenton Thwaites, Lily Sullivan, Joel Jackson, Zahra Newman, Anita Hegh, Dan Paris, Anni Finsterer, Amy Mathews
Cinematography
Patrick O'Sullivan
Runtime
108 min
Country
Australia
Languages
English

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