Contratiempo

Vienna. Winter dusk. A ringing telephone. A volatile affair between a younger woman and an older analyst spirals fast. Hospitalization follows, then police suspicion. Roeg's non-linear thriller withholds easy judgment.

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Nicolas Roeg directed Contratiempo in 1980. See Nicolas Roeg's full filmography, where to start with Nicolas Roeg, or where to go after you've seen everything by Nicolas Roeg.

Contratiempo was released in 1980 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 123 minutes.