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Recurrence

2022 · 116 min

A brooding, slow-burning crime drama that keeps you uneasy as a quiet life unravels into old darkness.

Directed by
Alejandro Montiel
Genres
Crime
Starring
Luisana Lopilato, Mauricio Paniagua, Inés Estévez
Overview
Years after moving to a remote town, ex-cop Pipa is pulled back into the dark world she thought she'd left behind when a corpse appears on her property.

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  • Netflix
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Directed by
Alejandro Montiel
Genres
Crime
Starring
Luisana Lopilato, Mauricio Paniagua, Inés Estévez
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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 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
  • crime
  • isolation
  • justice
  • corruption
  • trauma
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror3
Humour2
Realism7
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
crime
Directed by
Alejandro Montiel
Written by
Florencia Etcheves, Mili Roque Pitt, Alejandro Montiel
Starring
Luisana Lopilato, Mauricio Paniagua, Inés Estévez, Ariel Staltari, Paulina García, Malena Narvay, Aquiles Casabella, Benjamín Del Cerro
Runtime
116 min
Country
Argentina
Languages
Spanish

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