Movie

The Lin Family Shop

1959 · 85 min

A quiet, heavy-hearted slide into ruin, watching a proud man lose everything with patient, sorrowful dignity.

Overview: Financial and political pressures bankrupt a Chinese store owner.
How it feels: Melancholic, bleak, earnest and tense. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Class, grief, family, survival
Content: Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 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: class
grief
family
survival
power
Places: big city
workplace
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none