Movie

Love Unto Death

1984 · 93 min

A hushed, philosophical chamber piece that weighs love against death with solemn intensity and quiet, unsettling gravity.

Overview: Elisabeth and Simon have been deeply in love for two months when Simon momentarily dies, but returns to life. Despite declining further medical tests, the couple are forced to grapple with the possibility of his death. Eventually, they tell their close friends Jérôme and Judith Martignac about the event. The Martignacs are both clerics, and Judith has just been giving a funeral service for a villager who committed suicide, though Jérôme would have nothing to do with suicide...
How it feels: Melancholic, earnest, dark and romantic. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Death, love, faith, grief
Content: Mild sexual content. No violence, gore or swearing.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
earneststrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 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: death
love
faith
grief
obsession
Places: countryside
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex mild