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Stricken

2009 · 105 min

A raw, emotionally draining look at love and betrayal amid illness, with moments of uncomfortable honesty.

Directed by: Reinout Oerlemans
Genres: Drama
Starring: Barry Atsma, Carice van Houten, Anna Drijver

Tagline: Would you cheat on your partner when they needed you most?
Overview: Handsome Dutchman Stijn is the star of an advertising agency with his buddy Frenk and a hot womanizer. The boys start their own agency and Stijn marries colleague Carmen, who accepts his incurable greed for truly meaningless one-night-stands. Even fatherhood and a move to the boring country go well, until Carmen gets breast cancer. Now their lives are turned upside-down, maybe wrecked

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Directed by: Reinout Oerlemans
Genres: Drama
Starring: Barry Atsma, Carice van Houten, Anna Drijver

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

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Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	6
Tension	5
Darkness	7
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	9

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