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Bent

1997 · 105 min

A harrowing, intimate plunge into persecution and love's defiance, leaving you devastated but moved by its fragile tenderness.

Directed by
Sean Mathias
Genres
Drama, History, Romance
Starring
Lothaire Bluteau, Clive Owen, Brian Webber
Tagline
In a time of war, they found themselves in the most dangerous place of all. In love.
Overview
Max is a handsome young man who, after a fateful tryst with a German soldier, is forced to run for his life. Eventually Max is placed in a concentration camp where he pretends to be Jewish because in the eyes of the Nazis, gays are the lowest form of human being. But it takes a relationship with an openly gay prisoner to teach Max that without the love of another, life is not worth living.

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Directed by
Sean Mathias
Genres
Drama, History, Romance
Starring
Lothaire Bluteau, Clive Owen, Brian Webber
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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • identity
  • isolation
  • survival
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
  • prison
  • military
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror5
Humour2
Realism8
Romance6
Tension7
Darkness9
Complexity6
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
drama, history, romance
Directed by
Sean Mathias
Written by
Martin Sherman
Starring
Lothaire Bluteau, Clive Owen, Brian Webber, Ian McKellen, Mick Jagger, Paul Bettany, Paul Kynman, Rupert Graves
Music
Philip Glass
Cinematography
Giorgos Arvanitis
Runtime
105 min
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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