Bad Timing

Bad Timing

Year: 1980

Runtime: 123 mins

Language: English

Director: Nicolas Roeg

ThrillerMysteryDramaIntense violence and sexual transgressionErotic relationships and desire

Alex Linden, a Vienna psychiatrist, meets Milena Flaherty through a mutual friend. Although he is older, he is drawn to her youthful, carefree spirit. Their friendship quickly deepens into a passionate, obsessive affair despite Milena’s marriage. The relationship spirals into terror, culminating in Milena’s overdose and hospitalization, after which Alex is arrested by Inspector Netusil.

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