# Eyes Wide Shut (1999)

> A privileged physician’s nocturnal search for erotic escape draws him toward a masked world where desire, privilege, and danger become inseparable.

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## Facts

- Runtime: 159 min
- Genres: Drama, Thriller, Mystery
- Director: Stanley Kubrick
- Cast: Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Sydney Pollack, Marie Richardson, Rade Šerbedžija, Todd Field, Vinessa Shaw, Alan Cumming
- TMDB rating: 7.5/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120663/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: mild
- Mood: brooding, dreamy, foreboding, late night viewing, adult cinephile discussion

## Synopsis

A journey into the hidden desires of the human psyche unfolds as one man's curiosity leads him to a world of dark secrets.

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