Movie

The Constant Factor

1980 · 87 min

A quiet, somber plunge into moral compromise and loss, watching a decent man slowly crushed by an indifferent world.

Overview: A young man is confronted with corrupt and vindictive colleagues at work and negligent officials at the hospital where his mother is dying. As he searches quixotically for a steadfast moral code by which to live, he suffers from the knowledge of human frailty and our darker inclinations to do harm.
How it feels: Melancholic, bleak, earnest and tense. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Morality, corruption, grief, isolation
Content: Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
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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: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: morality
corruption
grief
isolation
family
Places: big city
small town
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none