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Eros

2004 · 109 min

A slow, artful triptych on desire and longing, each segment a different mood but all lingering on the ache of connection.

Directed by: Michelangelo Antonioni, Steven Soderbergh
Genres: Drama, Romance
Starring: Gong Li, Chang Chen, Tien Feng

Tagline: Three visionary directors. One erotic journey.
Overview: A three-part anthology about love and sexuality: a menage-a-trois between a couple and a young woman on the coast of Tuscany; an advertising executive under enormous pressure at work, who, during visits to his psychiatrist, is pulled to delve into the possible reasons why his stress seems to manifest itself in a recurring erotic dream; a story of unrequited love about a beautiful, 1960s high-end call girl in an impossible affair with her young tailor.

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Directed by: Michelangelo Antonioni, Steven Soderbergh
Genres: Drama, Romance
Starring: Gong Li, Chang Chen, Tien Feng

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
absurdstrength 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
obsession
loneliness
class
identity
Places: big city
countryside
workplace
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: anthology
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex strong

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Action	2
Horror	1
Humour	3
Realism	6
Romance	7
Tension	4
Darkness	4
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	6

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