Dead End

Dead End

2013 · 15 min · ★ 6.5 · Drama

The loss of youth, social and professional activity intensifies the sense of loneliness, the obsessions and the "dead end" in the life of an elderly couple.

Directed by Tonia Mishiali · Written by Tonia Mishiali

Your Rating

Cast

Make it a double feature

1h 54m together

Both from Tonia Mishiali.

More from Tonia MishialiSee all →

Smaragda - I Got Thick Skin and I Can't JumpSmaragda - I Got Thick Skin and I Can't Jump · 2026
Smaragda - I Got Thick Skin and I Can't Jump
★ 10.02026
MovieDrama
The film follows Smaragda, a middle-aged woman on a journey of self-discovery. After countless failed relationships and a stagnant career, she decided to jump into social media for some notion of visibility, which she definitely sucks at.
ImanIman · 2022
Iman
★ 8.02022
MovieDrama
Follows three interconnected stories in modern day Nicosia, Cyprus: a civil engineer is blamed for the collapse of a building; a teenage girl becomes involved in a dangerous sexual relationship; two radicalized Arab women plan out an Islamic terrorist attack.
Find Me FallingFind Me Falling · 2024
Find Me Falling
★ 6.62024
MovieRomanceComedy
After a failed comeback album, a rock star retreats to a cliffside home on Cyprus, only to find his new life complicated by visitors — and an old flame.
PausePause · 2018
Pause
★ 5.32018
MovieDrama
Trapped in the misery of an oppressive marriage, a middle-aged woman finds refuge in a fantasy world of vindictive violence. Soon, reality and fantasy start to blur.
The Lion at My BackThe Lion at My Back · 2026
The Lion at My Back
★ 5.02026
MovieDrama
Mariama, an asylum-seeker from Senegal, has just turned 18. Stella, at first glance a withdrawn woman in her 40s, has recently decided to break free from the clutches of addiction and to give her life a fresh start. In their attempt at finding their place in a world where nothing comes for free, the two women meet and form an unexpectedly strong bond.
DaphneDaphne · 2022
Daphne
★ 1.02022
Movie
Daphne switches from one sexual partner to the next, but does not seem to be satisfied, at least not with what she thought she needed. How far would she go to feel some affection?
The Magic BeansThe Magic Beans · 2015
The Magic Beans
2015
MovieComedy
Four friends overcome their insecurities in surreal and unexpected ways after eating a plate of 'magic' beans.
I Don't Like the Wind, I Like the SunI Don't Like the Wind, I Like the Sun · 2020
I Don't Like the Wind, I Like the Sun
2020
MovieDocumentary
The achievement of independence, social inclusion and employment, fuel the sense of happiness and brighten the lives of a group of people with intellectual disability.

More Like This

Open HeartsOpen Hearts · 2002
Open Hearts
★ 7.12002
MovieDramaRomance
Cecilie and Joachim are about to get married when a freak car accident leaves Joachim disabled, throwing their lives into a spin. The driver of the other car, Marie, and her family don’t get off lightly, either. Her husband Niels works in the hospital where he meets Cecilie and falls madly in love with her.
The Secret Life of WordsThe Secret Life of Words · 2005
The Secret Life of Words
★ 7.02005
MovieRomanceDrama
A solitary nurse bonds with a badly burned patient who survived an accident on an oil rig.
Lost in TranslationLost in Translation · 2003
Lost in Translation
★ 7.42003
MovieDramaComedy
Two lost souls visiting Tokyo -- the young, neglected wife of a photographer and a washed-up movie star shooting a TV commercial -- find an odd solace and pensive freedom to be real in each other's company, away from their lives in America.
My Life Without MeMy Life Without Me · 2003
My Life Without Me
★ 6.12003
MovieDramaRomance
A fatally ill mother with only two months to live creates a list of things she wants to do before she dies without telling her family of her illness.
Italian for BeginnersItalian for Beginners · 2000
Italian for Beginners
★ 6.52000
MovieComedyDrama
Several lonely hearts in a semi-provincial suburb of a town in Denmark use a beginner's course in Italian as the platform to meet the romance of their lives. The film, which unspools the connections and family drama shared between the students, complies with several aesthetic principles of Dogme 95 movement.
Wuthering HeightsWuthering Heights · 2011
Wuthering Heights
★ 5.92011
MovieDramaRomance
Yorkshire moorlands, northern England, in the late 18th century. Young Heathcliff, rescued from the streets of Liverpool by Mr. Earnshaw, the owner of Wuthering Heights, an isolated farm, develops over the years an insane passion for Cathy, his foster sister, a sick obsession destined to end tragically.
Home for the HolidaysHome for the Holidays · 1995
Home for the Holidays
★ 6.31995
MovieComedyDrama
After losing her job, making out with her soon-to-be former boss, and finding out that her daughter plans to spend Thanksgiving with her boyfriend, Claudia Larson faces spending the holiday with her unhinged family.
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie NewmarTo Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar · 1995
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
★ 7.51995
MovieComedyDrama
Veteran drag queens Vida Boheme and Noxeema Jackson take novice Chi-Chi Rodriguez under their wing on a madcap road trip across the country to compete in the Drag Queen of America pageant in Los Angeles.

Rate this film

Your ratings make Midnight smarter