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Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

2020 · 95 min

Quietly unsettling and introspective, it pulls you into a haze of doubt and desire, making you question what is real.

Overview: Márta, a 40-year-old neurosurgeon, falls in love. She leaves her shining American career behind and returns to Budapest to start a new life with the man she loves. But she waits for him at the Liberty Bridge in vain – he does not appear at their rendezvous. Márta starts to search for him desperately, but when she finally finds him, the love of her life claims that they have never met before.

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: obsession
identity
love
memory
loneliness
Places: big city
workplace
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
unreliable narrator
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence none
Sex strong

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

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Lili Horvát
Written by: Lili Horvát
Starring: Natasa Stork, Viktor Bodó, Benett Vilmányi, Andor Lukáts, Zsolt Nagy, Peter Tóth, Attila Mokos, Réka Pelsöczy
Music: Gábor Keresztes
Cinematography: Róbert Maly
Runtime: 95 min
Country: Hungary
Languages: Hungarian, English

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