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The draftsman

2013

A quiet, brooding procedural that draws you into the uneasy mind of an artist helping to catch a predator.

Directed by
Mattyasovszky Zsolnay Bálint
Genres
Thriller
Starring
Gergely Kocsis, Vera Sipos, Alexandra Borbély
Overview
Tamás is a talented cartoonist, who, however, does not exhibit, but is forced by the police to work as a phantom painter. His talent solves some crimes. Now he is confronted to sketch a serial rapist.

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Directed by
Mattyasovszky Zsolnay Bálint
Genres
Thriller
Starring
Gergely Kocsis, Vera Sipos, Alexandra Borbély
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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • crime
  • obsession
  • identity
  • justice
  • isolation
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • procedural
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour2
Realism7
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight5

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Genres
thriller
Directed by
Mattyasovszky Zsolnay Bálint
Written by
Balázs Maruszki
Starring
Gergely Kocsis, Vera Sipos, Alexandra Borbély, Réka Pelsöczy, Pálfi Katalin, Sarádi Zsolt, Pataki Ferenc, Tamás Fodor
Languages
Hungarian

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