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Love Sick

2006 · 86 min

A quiet, uneasy study of tangled desire, where tenderness and jealousy simmer under everyday student life and rarely boil over.

Directed by
Tudor Giurgiu
Genres
Drama
Starring
Ioana Barbu, Maria Popistașu, Tudor Chirilă
Overview
Love. It just happens. No rules. It may look sick, but it's deep and it hurts. For everyone, Alex and Kiki are just good friends. They happen to be two girls experiencing another kind of love. For their family, Kiki and Sandu are sister and brother who sometimes fight. They happen to be lovers. Love Sick is about their stories.

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Directed by
Tudor Giurgiu
Genres
Drama
Starring
Ioana Barbu, Maria Popistașu, Tudor Chirilă
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 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
  • identity
  • sexuality
  • family
  • obsession
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror2
Humour2
Realism8
Romance6
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Tudor Giurgiu
Written by
Cecilia Ștefănescu, Răzvan Rădulescu
Starring
Ioana Barbu, Maria Popistașu, Tudor Chirilă, Mircea Diaconu, Cătălina Murgea, Virginia Mirea, Tora Vasilescu, Valentin Popescu
Music
Vlaicu Golcea
Cinematography
Alexandru Sterian
Runtime
86 min
Country
Romania, France
Languages
Romanian

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