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Amateur

1994 · 105 min

A deadpan, offbeat crime drama that blends sudden violence with dry wit and quiet existential longing.

Directed by
Hal Hartley
Genres
Crime, Comedy, Drama
Tagline
Accountancy, Murder, Amnesia, Torture, Ecstasy, Understanding, Redemption
Overview
A man wakes up in an alley, bleeding and with no memory of who he is. He stumbles into a coffee shop and is befriended by a charitable ex-nun who is failing in her attempts to write marketable pornography.

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Directed by
Hal Hartley
Genres
Crime, Comedy, Drama
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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • memory
  • redemption
  • violence
  • isolation
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror3
Humour6
Realism6
Romance4
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight7

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Genres
crime, comedy, drama
Directed by
Hal Hartley
Written by
Hal Hartley
Starring
Isabelle Huppert, Martin Donovan, Elina Löwensohn, Damian Young, Chuck Montgomery, Dave Simonds, Pamela Stewart, Erica Gimpel
Cinematography
Michael Spiller
Runtime
105 min
Country
France, United Kingdom, United States of America
Languages
English

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