Overview
A darkly comedic journey through the chaos of past mistakes and present dangers.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Moderate
- sardonic
- darkly comic
- tense
- rainy day
- late night mystery viewing
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
After waking from a coma, Brenner investigates the attack while confronting the major sin and buried memories of his youth.
The return to Brenner's hometown of Graz ties the murder investigation to old friends, former relationships, and local history.
A gunshot to the head, coma recovery, headache, and murder investigation are filtered through darkly comic circumstances.
Brenner must face the major sin he committed when young while determining who tried to kill him.
Films like Life Eternal, and why
The Trouble with Harry
shares a sardonic crime-comedy tone, an embattled investigator, and a distinctly regional European setting
Fargo
combines black humor, crime investigation, buried secrets, and an offbeat protagonist with limited social support
The Guard
shares deadpan humor, morally compromised characters, and a darkly comic murder mystery atmosphere
Movie Details
- Director
- Wolfgang Murnberger
- Release Date
- 2015-03-05
- Runtime
- 123 min
- Rating
- 7.1 / 10 (85)
Cast
- Josef Hader
- Tobias Moretti
- Nora Waldstätten
- Christopher Schärf
- Roland Düringer
- Margarethe Tiesel
- Johannes Silberschneider
- Hary Prinz
- Sasa Barbul
- Wolf Haas
Common questions
- What is Life Eternal about?
- A sardonic Austrian crime mystery follows a coma survivor through Graz as he investigates his own apparent attempted murder and confronts the guilt he buried there.
- What is Life Eternal like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Life Eternal as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Life Eternal violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Life Eternal as moderate.
- Which films are like Life Eternal?
- Films with a similar feel include The Trouble with Harry, Fargo, and The Guard.
- How long is Life Eternal?
- Life Eternal runs 123 minutes.
