Bad Timing

Bad Timing

1980 · 123 min · EN · R · 6.7 (124 votes)
Dir. Nicolas Roeg · Starring Art Garfunkel, Theresa Russell, Harvey Keitel, Denholm Elliott, Daniel Massey, Dana Gillespie · Music Richard Hartley

His terrifying obsession took them to the brink of death and beyond.

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Alex Linden is a psychiatrist living in Vienna who meets Milena Flaherty though a mutual friend. Though Alex is quite a bit older than Milena, he's attracted to her young, carefree spirit. Despite the fact that Milena is already married, their friendship quickly turns into a deeply passionate love affair that threatens to overtake them both. When Milena ends up in the hospital from an overdose, Alex is taken into custody by Inspector Netusil.

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A suffocating atmosphere of doomed romance and psychological unraveling. This film feels like a slow descent into obsession, where every stolen moment is tinged with dread and the weight of inevitable consequences.

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