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Mood:
- BleakStylizedAtmosphericSuspenseful
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Plot:
- SurvivalVengeanceChaos and MayhemDisasterFuture DystopiaDangerLife is a BitchChaos more...
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Genres:
- Sci-FiFuturistic
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Time/Period:
- Future
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Attitudes:
- SeriousSemi FantasticSlow
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Flag:
- Violent Content
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Quintet, 1979
English
USA
Profile of Quintet
The mood of Quintet is bleak, stylized, and atmospheric. The plot centers around a future dystopia, chaos and mayhem, and disasters. It is a sci-fi movie. In approach, Quintet is serious. The pacing is slow. Note that it includes violent content.
Summary of Quintet
This end-of-the-world thriller takes place during a new ice age when snow covers the earth, most wildlife and vegetation are gone, and wild dogs eat the flesh of the starvation victims who litter the streets. For amusement, the living play a deadly game known as "Quintet"--a macabre form of backgammon where the loser pays with his life. Paul Newman stars as Essex, a drifter who struggles to avenge his brother's death and win the latest game.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 9 February 1979 |
| Runtime: | 118 min |
Cast and Crew
as Essex
as Ambrosia
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