Movie

Stiller

2025 · 99 min

A quiet, unsettling puzzle about a man whose identity is put on trial, unfolding with slow, melancholic tension.

Overview: James Larkin White is arrested on his arrival at the Swiss border. He is accused of being the missing Swiss sculptor Anatol Stiller. The missing man, with whom he is mistaken, is accused of being involved in the “Smyrnov affair”.
How it feels: Melancholic, tense, earnest and eerie. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Identity, isolation, memory, guilt
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
isolation
memory
guilt
justice
Places: single country house
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
unreliable narrator
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild