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Death in Love (2008)

Death in Love poster
Directed by
Boaz Yakin
Genre
drama film, erotic thriller
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 40m
Rated
R
Rating
4.7 of 10 from 30 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Jewish woman has a relationship with a doctor who runs experiments on prisoners at a Nazi concentration camp. Decades later in the 1990s, her two sons struggle with the psychological effects of her past.

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What happens

Death in Love is a 2008 psychological erotic thriller about a love affair between a Jewish woman and a doctor overseeing human experimentation at a Nazi German concentration camp, and the impact this has on her sons' lives in the 1990s. The film, which was written and directed by Boaz Yakin, debuted in 2008. The film received a limited theatrical release in the United States on July 17, 2009. It was released on DVD in the United States on January 10, 2010. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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