Movies like In Darkness 2009
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In Darkness (2009)
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Original name: Karanlıktakiler
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A drama-thriller centered on an advertising agency employee for whom work is an outlet from his life under his overbearing mother's roof.
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, bleak, suspenseful, melancholic, intense, ambiguous ending, moody
Plot:
mother son relationship, family drama, overbearing parent, character study, claustrophobia, male protagonist, identity crisis, advertising agency, obsession, isolation, moral ambiguity, slow burn, urban, dark humor, advertising, dialogue driven
Time:
contemporary
Place:
turkey
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Duration: 68 min.
Story:
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Duration: 95 min.
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Audience:
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Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Film by Erwin Michelberger.
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Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Duration: 104 min.
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 92 min.
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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