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Loft

2008 · 118 min

A sleek, claustrophobic puzzle that keeps you guessing as friendships curdle into suspicion, with flashbacks slowly tightening the knot.

Tagline: Five friends, one loft, one dead body
Overview: Five close friends, all of them married, share a loft to meet their mistresses. One day they find the body of a young woman in the loft. Since there are only five keys to the loft, the five men begin to suspect each other of murder.

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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: betrayal
deception
loyalty
guilt
obsession
Places: big city
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
ensemble
twist ending
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex strong

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	3
Humour	3
Realism	7
Romance	4
Tension	8
Darkness	7
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama, mystery, romance
Directed by: Erik Van Looy
Written by: Bart De Pauw
Starring: Koen De Bouw, Filip Peeters, Matthias Schoenaerts, Bruno Vanden Broecke, Veerle Baetens, Koen De Graeve, Marie Vinck, Tine Reymer
Music: Wolfram de Marco
Cinematography: Danny Elsen
Runtime: 118 min
Country: Belgium
Languages: Dutch

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