9 Songs

9 Songs

2 lovers, one summer, and the 9 songs that defined them.

Directed by Michael Winterbottom

Produced by Revolution Films

200470 min5.5 / 10

A sexually explicit romance structured around live rock performances, tracing the arc of desire and intimacy between two lovers over a summer.

Matt, a young glaciologist, soars across the vast, silent, icebound immensities of the South Pole as he recalls his love affair with Lisa. They meet at a mobbed rock concert in a vast music hall - London's Brixton Academy. They are in bed at night's end. Together, over a period of several months, they pursue a mutual sexual passion whose inevitable stages unfold in counterpoint to nine live-concert songs.

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  • Is 9 Songs one of a kind? Yes, very. More singular than 95% of films.

  • Is 9 Songs violent? No. Less violent than 92% of films.

  • Is 9 Songs scary? Barely. Less frightening than 84% of films.

  • Is 9 Songs sad? Yes. More sad than 82% of films.

  • Does 9 Songs end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 64% of films.

  • Is 9 Songs easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

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