Movie

Ballad of Orin

1977 · 118 min

A slow, sorrowful journey through a harsh world, beautiful and quietly devastating.

Overview: Expelled from her group for losing her virginity, blind travelling musician Orin endures a life of hardship, abuse, and poverty while wandering the countryside, finding brief companionship with an army deserter, and struggling against a society that marginalises her.
How it feels: Bleak, melancholic, earnest and tense. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Isolation, survival, identity, grief
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 3 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
survival
identity
grief
justice
Places: countryside
small town
road trip
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild