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Tabu

2012 · 120 min

A hushed, dreamlike elegy that drifts between present and past, asking for patience as it slowly reveals its emotional weight.

Directed by
Miguel Gomes
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Teresa Madruga, Laura Soveral, Ana Moreira
Tagline
Aurora had a farm in Africa, at the foot of Mount Tabu…
Overview
Lisbon, Portugal, 2010. Pilar, a pious woman devoted to social causes, maintains a peculiar relationship with her neighbor Aurora, a temperamental old woman obsessed with gambling who lives tormented by a mysterious past.

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Directed by
Miguel Gomes
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Teresa Madruga, Laura Soveral, Ana Moreira
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • memory
  • colonialism
  • love
  • guilt
  • isolation
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism6
Romance6
Tension3
Darkness6
Complexity8
Emotional weight8

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drama, romance
Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
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Brazil, France, Germany, Portugal
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