Movie

The Role

2013 · 132 min

A slow, black-and-white plunge into a man dissolving into his role, more unsettling than thrilling, and quietly devastating.

Overview: In revolutionary Russia, a brilliant actor takes on the greatest role of his life: that of another man. Influenced by the ideas of symbolism and the Silver Age, he decides to slip into the life of his doppelganger – a revolutionary leader in the new Soviet Russia. First intrigued, then obsessed, he flings himself into the role and lives it to the hilt... even when the play of the life he writes heads towards a tragic finale.
How it feels: Dark, melancholic, tense and earnest. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Identity, obsession, art, power
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
obsession
art
power
death
Places: countryside
big city
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild