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The Sacrifice

1986 · 149 min

A slow, hypnotic plunge into existential dread and spiritual crisis, demanding patience but rewarding with haunting, dreamlike imagery.

Tagline: The final film of Andrei Tarkovsky
Overview: Alexander, a journalist, philosopher and retired actor, celebrates a birthday with friends and family when it is announced that nuclear war has begun.
How it feels: Bleak, melancholic, earnest and tense. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Faith, family, death, guilt
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 3 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 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: faith
family
death
guilt
redemption
Places: single country house
countryside
sea
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild