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Between Calmness and Passion

2001 · 125 min

A wistful, time-hopping romance that lingers on missed chances and quiet heartbreak, asking patience as it drifts between memory and present.

Directed by: Isamu Nakae
Genres: Romance, Drama
Starring: Yutaka Takenouchi, Kelly Chen Hui-lin, Yusuke Santamaria

Overview: An appassionato art student and a dispassionate college girl make a vow, saying they would meet each other again in the Florence Cathedral after 10 years.

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Directed by: Isamu Nakae
Genres: Romance, Drama
Starring: Yutaka Takenouchi, Kelly Chen Hui-lin, Yusuke Santamaria

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: love
memory
grief
identity
betrayal
Places: big city
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	7
Tension	4
Darkness	5
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: romance, drama
Directed by: Isamu Nakae
Written by: Fumie Mizuhashi
Starring: Yutaka Takenouchi, Kelly Chen Hui-lin, Yusuke Santamaria, Ryoko Shinohara, Michael Wong, Kippei Shiina, Tatsuo Matsumura, Shin'ya Ohwada
Music: Enya
Cinematography: Toyoshi Tsuda
Runtime: 125 min
Country: Japan, Italy
Languages: English, Italian, Mandarin, Japanese, Cantonese

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