2008 · thriller · mystery
Loft
Directed by Erik Van Looy1h 58m2008
Five close friends, all of them married, share a loft to meet their mistresses. One day they find the body of a young woman in the loft. Since there are only five keys to the loft, the five men begin to suspect each other of murder.
Our read: Loft (2008) reads as a sombre, breathless, grounded thriller · mystery entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, breathless, measured thriller / mystery, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- kinetic
- intense
- cold
- twisty
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“You want a twisty Belgian adultery mystery with slick flashbacks and erotic tension.”
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