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Bright in the Dark

2012 · 110 min

A quiet, talky road movie that turns a comic-convention trip into an uncomfortable mirror, mixing low-key humor with raw self-confrontation.

Directed by: Armin Bettels
Genres: Drama
Starring: Jonathan Le Billon, Steve Luna, Oron Mendel

Overview: When a struggling screenwriter and his two slacker friends pick up a keenly perceptive young woman on a road trip to a video game convention in L.A., they are all forced to face up to their own self-loathing and fear of success.

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Directed by: Armin Bettels
Genres: Drama
Starring: Jonathan Le Billon, Steve Luna, Oron Mendel

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
isolation
friendship
ambition
healing
Places: road trip
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	0
Humour	4
Realism	8
Romance	3
Tension	4
Darkness	5
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Armin Bettels
Written by: Armin Bettels, Bert Börsing
Starring: Jonathan Le Billon, Steve Luna, Oron Mendel, Branca Ferrazo, Barbara Kerr Condon
Runtime: 110 min
Country: Germany, United States of America
Languages: English

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