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Under Suspicion

2000 · 110 min

A claustrophobic, talk-heavy interrogation that slowly tightens the screws, leaving you uneasy about what anyone might be capable of.

Directed by
Stephen Hopkins
Genres
Thriller, Crime, Drama
Tagline
In a world of secrets, the truth is never what it seems.
Overview
A lawyer is asked to come to the police station to clear up a few loose ends in his witness report of a foul murder. "This will only take ten minutes", they say, but it turns out to be one loose end after another, and the ten minutes he is away from his speech become longer and longer.

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Directed by
Stephen Hopkins
Genres
Thriller, Crime, Drama
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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • deception
  • betrayal
  • guilt
  • obsession
  • power
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror3
Humour1
Realism7
Romance2
Tension8
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight7

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Genres
thriller, crime, drama
Directed by
Stephen Hopkins
Written by
Tom Provost, W. Peter Iliff
Starring
Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Thomas Jane, Monica Bellucci, Nydia Caro, Miguel Ángel Suárez, Pablo Cunqueiro, Isabel Algaze
Music
Ángel "Cucco" Peña, BT
Cinematography
Peter Levy
Runtime
110 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
Italian, English, Spanish

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