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The God of Wood

2010 · 116 min

A quiet, character-driven drama that unfolds with emotional restraint, exploring loneliness and connection in a foreign city.

Tagline
A discovery. A desire. A past.
Overview
Yao and Moroccan Rachid arrive illegally in Valencia, Spain, and separate. Yao sells pirated DVDs in the street and wanders disconsolately around the barrio until he glimpses divorcee Maria Luisa working in her boutique. High-strung and irritable, Maria lives with her gay son, Rober, who, like many other things in life, is a disappointment to her. Rachid, meanwhile, is doing just fine working as a hairstylist in a beauty salon; Rober is hopelessly in love with him. When Yao starts sleeping in Rober's flat, a confrontation between him and Maria suddenly becomes inevitable, and when it comes, what could have been an embarrassment is actually handled with grace.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 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
  • isolation
  • identity
  • immigration
  • family
  • loneliness
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Vicente Molina Foix
Written by
Vicente Molina Foix
Starring
Marisa Paredes, Nao Albet, Sonia Almarcha, Madi Diocou, Olga Alamán, Ángela Castilla, Alba Ferrara, Empar Ferrer
Music
Luis Ivars
Cinematography
Andreu Rebés
Runtime
116 min
Country
Spain
Languages
Spanish

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