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The Exiles

1969 · 75 min

A quiet, talk-heavy chamber piece that sits with its characters' displacement, asking for patience and rewarding it with a low, lingering ache.

Directed by
Herbert Wise
Genres
Drama, Tv movie
Overview
Three Trinidadians consider what it means to be exiles in an essentially white society.
How it feels
Slow-burning and demanding.
About
Identity, isolation, race, immigration
Content
Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
Note
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Directed by
Herbert Wise
Genres
Drama, Tv movie
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    Places
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror1
    Humour2
    Realism8
    Romance2
    Tension4
    Darkness6
    Complexity7
    Emotional weight7

    Cast

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    Details

    Genres
    drama, tv movie
    Directed by
    Herbert Wise
    Written by
    Errol John
    Starring
    Errol John, Ester Anderson, Michael Griffiths, Lelia Goldoni, Donald Douglas, Anne Tirard, Hugh Morton
    Music
    Wilfred Josephs
    Runtime
    75 min
    Country
    United Kingdom
    Languages
    English

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