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Damnation

1988 · 116 min

A slow, rain-soaked trudge through loneliness and longing, heavy with fog and quiet despair.

Directed by: Béla Tarr
Genres: Drama, Crime
Starring: Székely B. Miklós, György Cserhalmi, Vali Kerekes

Overview: Karrer plods his way through life in quiet desperation. His environment is drab and rainy and muddy. Eaten up with solitude, his hopelessness would be incurable but for the existence of the Titanik Bar and its beautiful, haunting singer. But the lady is married and Karrer is determined to keep her husband away...

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Directed by: Béla Tarr
Genres: Drama, Crime
Starring: Székely B. Miklós, György Cserhalmi, Vali Kerekes

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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 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
obsession
betrayal
loneliness
fate
Places: small town
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	2
Humour	1
Realism	6
Romance	3
Tension	5
Darkness	8
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama, crime
Directed by: Béla Tarr
Written by: László Krasznahorkai, Béla Tarr
Starring: Székely B. Miklós, György Cserhalmi, Vali Kerekes, Gyula Pauer, Hédi Temessy, Gábor Balogh, János Balogh, Péter Breznyik Berg
Music: Mihály Víg
Cinematography: Gábor Medvigy, József Mezö
Runtime: 116 min
Country: Hungary
Languages: Hungarian

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