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Deep End

1971 · 92 min

A slow, unsettling study of obsession that balances awkward comedy with a growing sense of dread, like watching a train wreck in slow motion.

Tagline
If you can't have the real thing— you do all kinds of unreal things.
Overview
London, England. Mike, a fifteen-year-old boy, gets a job in a bathhouse, where he meets Susan, an attractive young woman who works there as an attendant.

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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • coming-of-age
  • isolation
  • love
  • class
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror3
Humour4
Realism7
Romance5
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, comedy
Directed by
Jerzy Skolimowski
Written by
Jerzy Gruza, Bolesław Sulik, Jerzy Skolimowski
Starring
Jane Asher, John Moulder-Brown, Karl Michael Vogler, Christopher Sandford, Diana Dors, Louise Martini, Erica Beer, Anita Lochner
Music
Can, Cat Stevens
Cinematography
Charly Steinberger
Runtime
92 min
Country
United Kingdom, Germany
Languages
English

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