Movie

The Idiot

1968 · 180 min

A long, solemn plunge into drawing rooms full of hypocrisy, leaving you dazed and heavy as if waking from a troubled dream.

Overview: Prince Myshkin is a good man, yet his goodness borders on naivety—or even idiocy. After spending his youth in a Swiss sanatorium being treated for epilepsy and autism, he returns to Russia to enter social circles riddled with hypocrisy and greed. One emerges from the experience dazed, as if waking from a troubled dream.
How it feels: Melancholic, earnest, dark and cynical. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Morality, isolation, love, betrayal
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 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: morality
isolation
love
betrayal
class
Places: big city
single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild