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The Great Passion

1993 · 120 min

A slow, emotionally heavy immersion into hospital life, where quiet suffering and fragile hope are observed with unflinching seriousness.

Directed by: Neris Karpuškaitė, Bronius Talacka
Genres: Drama
Starring: Algimantas Masiulis, Nijolė Lepeškaitė, Vilija Grigaitytė

Overview: In the oncology hospital people's problems, and destiniessituations are revealed in special life, relationships between doctors, patients and their relatives in extreme conditions are shown in a psychologically motivated and reasonable way, looking for light - even when all around is dark...

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Directed by: Neris Karpuškaitė, Bronius Talacka
Genres: Drama
Starring: Algimantas Masiulis, Nijolė Lepeškaitė, Vilija Grigaitytė

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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 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: death
grief
isolation
family
healing
Places: hospital
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	1
Horror	2
Humour	1
Realism	8
Romance	2
Tension	6
Darkness	8
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	9

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Neris Karpuškaitė, Bronius Talacka
Written by: Juozoas Montvila
Starring: Algimantas Masiulis, Nijolė Lepeškaitė, Vilija Grigaitytė, Danutė Strakšytė, Birutė Raubaitė, Danutė Juronytė, Antanina Mackevičiūtė, Inesa Paliulytė
Runtime: 120 min
Country: Lithuania
Languages: Lithuanian

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