Movie

Breaking the Code

1996 · 91 min

A quiet, stage-bound chamber piece that plays like a tragedy of intellect and secrecy, moving and stifling in equal measure.

Overview: A biography of the English mathematician Alan Turing, who was one of the inventors of the digital computer and one of the key figures in the breaking of the Enigma code, used by the Germans to send secret orders to their U-boats in World War II. Turing was also a homosexual in Britain at a time when this was illegal, besides being a security risk.
How it feels: Melancholic, tense, earnest and dark. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Identity, isolation, war, betrayal
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
isolation
war
betrayal
guilt
Places: workplace
single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild