2017 · drama · romance
On Body and Soul (2017)
Directed by Ildikó Enyedi1h 56m2017
Two introverted people find out by pure chance that they share the same dream every night. They are puzzled, incredulous, a bit frightened. As they hesitantly accept this strange coincidence, they try to recreate in broad daylight what happens in their dream.
Our read: On Body and Soul (2017) (2017) reads as a sombre, slow-burn, inventive drama · romance entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, slow-burn, measured drama / romance, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- sombre
- slow-burn
- inventive
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