Movie

The Emissaries of Khalom

1988 · 108 min

A slow, cerebral puzzle that shifts between eras, blending cold scientific dread with doomed romance and a haunting sense of temporal dislocation.

Overview: End of the 20th century. A group of scientists executes a project aiming to prevent a nuclear war with the planet Khalom. From their experimental project, involving manipulating events in the past, two mysterious human creatures travel between the present and the 19th century, and back - getting in love with four different persons.
How it feels: Eerie, melancholic, tense and romantic. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Fate, love, science, war
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: eeriestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 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: fate
love
science
war
memory
Places: big city
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild