Movie

Doppelgänger

2003 · 107 min

A quietly unsettling, deadpan slide into unease where a mild man's double quietly takes over his life.

Tagline: What if your worst nightmare… turned out to be you?
Overview: Shortly after hearing from a colleague about a woman whose brother committed suicide after seeing his doppelgänger, a Japanese engineer on the verge of a breakthrough in medical technology is confronted by his own.
How it feels: Eerie, dark, absurd and melancholic. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Identity, obsession, madness, isolation
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 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: identity
obsession
madness
isolation
ambition
Places: big city
workplace
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild