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Duffer

1972 · 71 min

A strange, unsettling dream that drifts between tenderness and cruelty, leaving you uneasy and fascinated.

Overview
Duffer, an intense and bizarre study of obsession that is by turns beautiful and disturbing, tells the story of a teenage boy torn between the womanly charms of a kindly prostitute, and the sadistic attentions of an older man. Both whimsical and disturbing, with a quirky sense of the grotesque, Duffer is a film that defies easy comparison.

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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • isolation
  • identity
  • sexuality
  • trauma
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
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
Horror5
Humour3
Realism5
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, horror
Directed by
William Dumaresq, Joseph Despins
Written by
William Dumaresq
Starring
William Dumaresq, Kit Gleave, Erna May, Lisa Doran, Marcelle MacHardie, Bogomir Rampre, Anthony Lambert, Traute Kraus
Runtime
71 min
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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