Surviving Desire (1991)
- Directed by
- Hal Hartley
- Genre
- comedy drama
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 53 min
- Rating
- 6.9 of 10 from 24 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A literature professor becomes obsessed with a student in his class. He tries to navigate his intense feelings while dealing with his own intellectual detachment and the complications of workplace romance.
quirkydeadpanintellectualromanticbleakly humorousunderstatedconversationaloffbeat
What happens
Surviving Desire is a 1991 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Hal Hartley and starring Martin Donovan, Julie Kessler, Matt Malloy, Merritt Nelson, and Mary B. Ward. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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