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The Wave

1936 · 61 min

A stark, documentary-like portrait of hardship and quiet anger, moving slowly toward collective defiance.

Genres
Drama
Overview
A Mexican fisherman, whose son has died because he could not afford necessary medical care out of his meagre wages, becomes aware of how badly exploited he and his many fellow fisherman are by the one greedy man for whom they work and the corrupt politician who makes the laws to benefit him.
How it feels
Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About
Class, power, corruption, grief
Content
Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
Note
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    Places
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action3
    Horror1
    Humour1
    Realism8
    Romance1
    Tension5
    Darkness6
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight7

    Cast

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Emilio Gómez Muriel, Fred Zinnemann
    Written by
    Emilio Gómez Muriel, Hilario Paullada, John Dos Passos, Leo Hurwitz
    Starring
    Silvio Hernández, Antonio Lara, Miguel Figueroa, Rafael Hinojosa, Felipe Rojas, David Valle González, Susana Ortiz Cobos
    Music
    Silvestre Revueltas
    Cinematography
    Paul Strand
    Runtime
    61 min
    Country
    Mexico
    Languages
    Spanish

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