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A Different Loyalty

2004 · 96 min

A slow-burning, melancholic spy romance that keeps you at a distance while unraveling a personal betrayal.

Directed by: Marek Kanievska
Genres: Thriller, Romance
Starring: Sharon Stone, Rupert Everett, Julian Wadham

Overview: In January 1963, British journalist Leo Cauffield suddenly disappears from his home in Beirut. His wife Sally knew that he was working part-time for British intelligence, but was not prepared to be told by the British embassy that they suspect he has defected to Communist Russia. As his wife puts together the pieces of the mysterious jigsaw of the past, tracking her passionate relationship with her husband and his history as former head of MI6’s counter-espionage section, her relentless search for the truth takes her to London, New York and finally Moscow.

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Directed by: Marek Kanievska
Genres: Thriller, Romance
Starring: Sharon Stone, Rupert Everett, Julian Wadham

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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 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
love
deception
identity
loyalty
Places: big city
single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	3
Horror	1
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	6
Tension	6
Darkness	6
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	7

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