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The Man from London

2008 · 139 min

A slow, brooding plunge into guilt and isolation, with stark black-and-white images and an oppressive atmosphere that lingers.

Directed by
Béla Tarr
Genres
Mystery, Crime, Drama
Starring
Miroslav Krobot, Tilda Swinton, János Derzsi
Overview
A switchman at a seaside railway witnesses a murder but does not report it after he finds a suitcase full of money at the scene of the crime.

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  • Curzon Amazon Channel
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Directed by
Béla Tarr
Genres
Mystery, Crime, Drama
Starring
Miroslav Krobot, Tilda Swinton, János Derzsi
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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 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
  • guilt
  • morality
  • isolation
  • family
  • crime
Places
  • small town
  • sea
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour1
Realism7
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness8
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
mystery, crime, drama
Directed by
Béla Tarr
Written by
László Krasznahorkai, Béla Tarr
Starring
Miroslav Krobot, Tilda Swinton, János Derzsi, Ági Szirtes, Gyula Pauer, Erika Bók, István Lénárt, Mihály Kormos
Cinematography
Fred Kelemen
Runtime
139 min
Country
Hungary, France, Germany, Netherlands
Languages
French, English, Hungarian

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