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The Life Story of Baal

1978 · 58 min

A cold, theatrical descent into a poet's selfish ruin, watching charm curdle into cruelty with detached, unsettling clarity.

Overview: An adaptation of the first play written by Bertolt Brecht, charting the decline and fall of Baal, a young poet who rejects the norms of society and destroys the lives of the people with whom he comes into contact.
How it feels: Dark, bleak, cynical and satirical. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Corruption, obsession, betrayal, morality
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: corruption
obsession
betrayal
morality
isolation
Places: countryside
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild