Movie

Bad Timing

1980 · 123 min

A cold, disorienting plunge into obsessive love, cut into fragments that leave you uneasy and unsettled long after.

Tagline: His terrifying obsession took them to the brink of death and beyond.
Overview: Alex Linden is a psychiatrist living in Vienna who meets Milena Flaherty though a mutual friend. Though Alex is quite a bit older than Milena, he's attracted to her young, carefree spirit. Despite the fact that Milena is already married, their friendship quickly turns into a deeply passionate love affair that threatens to overtake them both. When Milena ends up in the hospital from an overdose, Alex is taken into custody by Inspector Netusil.
How it feels: Dark, bleak, melancholic and tense. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Obsession, love, betrayal, isolation
Content: Strong sexual content and language. Mild violence and gore.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 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: obsession
love
betrayal
isolation
madness
Places: big city
hospital
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
unreliable narrator
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence mild
Sex strong