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The Day of the Crows

2012 · 90 min

A quiet, haunting fable that wraps you in mist and melancholy, with moments of tender warmth breaking through the forest gloom.

Overview
In a cabin of the deep of the forest, a child and his father lead a wild and hard life in utmost isolation. The child grows up fearing and admiring his father, with the ghosts haunting the forest as his only companions. Until the day he discovers the neighbouring village and meets a young girl there, Manon. At her side, he discovers that love exists. From then on he won't cease to search for the place where his father's love for him is hiding.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • family
  • love
  • identity
  • coming-of-age
Places
  • wilderness
  • small town
  • single country house
Era
timeless
Audience
family
Form
  • animated
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror3
Humour3
Realism3
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
animation, family, fantasy
Directed by
Jean-Christophe Dessaint
Written by
Amandine Taffin
Starring
Jean Reno, Lorànt Deutsch, Isabelle Carré, Claude Chabrol, Chantal Neuwirth, Bruno Podalydès, Patrick Ligardes, Philippe Uchan
Music
Simon Leclerc
Runtime
90 min
Country
Belgium, Canada, France, Luxembourg
Languages
French

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