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Three Came Home

1950 · 106 min

A sober, humane wartime memoir that balances suffering with quiet resilience, offering a tense but restrained look at endurance and dignity.

Tagline: The true story of one woman's personal experience!
Overview: Borneo, 1941, during World War II. When the Japanese occupy the island, American writer Agnes Newton Keith is separated from her husband and imprisoned with her son in a prison camp run by the enigmatic Colonel Suga.
How it feels: Bleak, tense, melancholic and earnest. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Survival, war, isolation, family
Content: Mild violence and sexual content. No gore or swearing.
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Tone: bleakstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
war
isolation
family
grief
Places: prison
wilderness
single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex mild