Movie

On the Railroad

1988 · 45 min

A grim, hungry journey through postwar ruin where tenderness slowly grows amid squalor and despair.

Overview: Amidst hunger, devastation, typhus, and complete chaos, a young soldier, Eumen, maimed by the civil war, and a girl, Maria, travel in a dilapidated freight car. Thus, on the terrible road of life, two lonely people begin to develop deep and pure feelings...
How it feels: Bleak, melancholic, tense and romantic. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Survival, love, isolation, war
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 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: survival
love
isolation
war
healing
Places: road trip
countryside
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild