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The Congress

2013 · 123 min

A dizzying, melancholy plunge into imagination and loss, blurring realities until you feel as unmoored as its heroine.

Directed by
Ari Folman
Genres
Drama, Science fiction, Animation
Starring
Robin Wright, Harvey Keitel, Jon Hamm
Overview
An aging, out-of-work actress accepts one last job, though the consequences of her decision affect her in ways she didn't consider.

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Stream in the UK
  • Studiocanal Presents Amazon Channel
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Directed by
Ari Folman
Genres
Drama, Science fiction, Animation
Starring
Robin Wright, Harvey Keitel, Jon Hamm
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • isolation
  • technology
  • aging
  • family
Places
  • big city
  • fantasy world
Era
near-future
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • unreliable narrator
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror3
Humour3
Realism4
Romance4
Tension5
Darkness7
Complexity8
Emotional weight8

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Genres
drama, science fiction, animation
Directed by
Ari Folman
Written by
Ari Folman
Starring
Robin Wright, Harvey Keitel, Jon Hamm, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Danny Huston, Sami Gayle, Michael Stahl-David, Paul Giamatti
Music
Max Richter
Cinematography
Michał Englert
Runtime
123 min
Country
Belgium, France, Germany, Israel, Luxembourg, Poland
Languages
English

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