Movie

The Dybbuk

1937 · 125 min

A haunting, expressionistic plunge into folk mysticism and doomed love, slow and solemn but visually striking.

Overview: In a Polish shtetl, two young men who have grown up together betrothe their unborn children, ignoring the advice of a mysterious traveler not to pledge the lives of future generations. Soon after, one of them dies, and the wife of the other dies in childbirth. The children grow up in different towns, without ever knowing of the betrothal, but the power of the vow leads them to meet each other when they are marriageable. The young woman, Leah, is promised to another man, but Channon, the son of the father who died, is a practitioner of mysticism, and seeks to win his bride through sorcery.
How it feels: Dark, melancholic, eerie and romantic. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Love, fate, faith, death
Content: Mild violence and sexual content. No gore or swearing.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 3 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: love
fate
faith
death
obsession
Places: small town
countryside
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
single location
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex mild