Movie

Last Life in the Universe

2003 · 112 min

A quiet, dreamlike drift through loneliness and sudden violence, where stillness and surreal touches make you feel adrift.

Tagline: Why bother with suicide?
Overview: An obsessive-compulsive Japanese librarian living in Bangkok spends most of his days contemplating suicide in his apartment. His life changes when he witnesses the death of a young girl and becomes acquainted with her elder sister.
How it feels: Melancholic, dark, eerie and romantic. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Isolation, grief, loneliness, death
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 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: isolation
grief
loneliness
death
identity
Places: big city
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
unreliable narrator
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild