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The Pet

2006 · 94 min

A grim, tense thriller that traps you in a young woman's desperate surrender and the cruelty that follows.

Directed by
D. Stevens
Genres
Drama, Thriller
Starring
Pierre Dulat, Andrea Edmondson, Summer Nguyen
Overview
A young woman in dire financial straights accepts an offer to be a wealthy aristocrat's human "pet" for six months. Then ruthless modern "pet-nappers" kidnap the woman to sell her on the GSM (Global Slave Market).

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Directed by
D. Stevens
Genres
Drama, Thriller
Starring
Pierre Dulat, Andrea Edmondson, Summer Nguyen
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 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
  • power
  • class
  • survival
  • isolation
  • crime
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
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ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror5
Humour1
Realism6
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, thriller
Directed by
D. Stevens
Written by
D. Stevens
Starring
Pierre Dulat, Andrea Edmondson, Summer Nguyen, Lydia McLane, Steven Wollenberg, Magi Avila
Runtime
94 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
German

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