2013 · drama · romance
Grand Central
Directed by Rebecca Zlotowski1h 34m2013
A young unemployed man finds work at a nuclear power plant and begins an illicit affair with the fiancée of one of his senior workmates.
Our read: Grand Central (2013) reads as a sombre, measured, grounded drama · romance entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, measured, measured drama / romance, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- sombre
- measured
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