Movie

Waterland

1992 · 95 min

A somber, reflective experience that weaves past and present through memory, demanding patience as it unfolds a tragic family history.

Overview: The story of a mentally anguished high school history teacher going through a complete reassessment of his life. His method for reassessing his life is to narrate it to his class and interweave in it three generations of his family's history.
How it feels: Melancholic, dark, bleak and tense. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Memory, guilt, family, grief
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 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: memory
guilt
family
grief
identity
Places: school
countryside
small town
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild