Piercing
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"Piercing" is a 2018 psychological horror film, based on Ryū Murakami’s novel, in which Christopher Abbott plays a man whose plan to commit the perfect murder unravels in darkly comic and disturbing ways.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Piercing canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
film
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psychological horror film ⓘ |
| adaptationOf | Piercing (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| antagonistPortrayedBy | Mia Wasikowska NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Piercing ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkAuthor | Ryū Murakami NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| castMember |
Christopher Abbott
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Dakota Lustick NERFINISHED ⓘ Laia Costa NERFINISHED ⓘ Maria Dizzia NERFINISHED ⓘ Mia Wasikowska NERFINISHED ⓘ Olivia Bond NERFINISHED ⓘ Wendell Pierce NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Zak Mulligan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Nathan Halpern NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Nicolas Pesce NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor |
Focus World
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Universal Pictures ⓘ |
| editor | Tina Hirsch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| festivalPremiere | Sundance Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| festivalSection | Midnight section at Sundance Film Festival ⓘ |
| genre |
horror
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psychological horror ⓘ thriller ⓘ |
| hasPosterColorPalette | neon ⓘ |
| hasVisualStyle |
giallo-inspired
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stylized ⓘ |
| leadActor |
Christopher Abbott
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Mia Wasikowska NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | R ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | planned murder ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | black comedy ⓘ |
| novelAuthor | Ryū Murakami NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
BorderLine Films
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Memento Films International NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | businessman ⓘ |
| protagonistPortrayedBy | Christopher Abbott NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2018 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 81 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Nicolas Pesce NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | hotel room ⓘ |
| theatricalReleaseRegion | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
alienation
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psychological trauma ⓘ sadomasochism ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| tone | darkly comic ⓘ |
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