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The Deep Blue Sea

2011 · 98 min

A slow, aching plunge into a woman's desperate passion, told in fragments that feel like memory and regret.

Tagline
Beware of passion...
Overview
The wife of a British Judge is caught in a self-destructive love affair with a Royal Air Force pilot.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • obsession
  • isolation
  • betrayal
  • grief
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour1
Realism8
Romance7
Tension5
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight9

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Where to watch in the UK

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Details

Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Terence Davies
Written by
Terence Davies
Starring
Rachel Weisz, Tom Hiddleston, Simon Russell Beale, Harry Hadden-Paton, Jolyon Coy, Karl Johnson, Ann Mitchell, Nicholas Amer
Music
Samuel Barber
Cinematography
Florian Hoffmeister
Runtime
98 min
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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