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Death in Love

2008 · 97 min

A grim, uncomfortable plunge into inherited trauma and sexual compulsion, unfolding slowly with an air of dread and little relief.

Directed by
Boaz Yakin
Genres
Drama, Romance, War
Tagline
Sin. Suffer. Repeat.
Overview
Death in Love is a psychosexual-thriller about a love affair between a Jewish woman and a doctor overseeing human experimentation at a Nazi German concentration camp, and the impact this has on her sons' lives in the 1990s.

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Directed by
Boaz Yakin
Genres
Drama, Romance, War
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 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
  • trauma
  • obsession
  • family
  • guilt
  • sexuality
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
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ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror3
Humour2
Realism7
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness8
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Genres
drama, romance, war
Directed by
Boaz Yakin
Written by
Boaz Yakin
Starring
Josh Lucas, Jacqueline Bisset, Adam Brody, Morena Baccarin, Lukas Haas, Emma Bell, Betty Gilpin, Vanessa Kai
Music
Lesley Barber
Cinematography
Frederik Jacobi
Runtime
97 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
German, French, English

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