Movie

Golden Eels

2007 · 83 min

A quiet, bittersweet wartime childhood seen through a boy's eyes, gentle in texture yet shadowed by loss and fear.

Overview: A little boy, named Prdelka, traveled with his father from Prague to the country during the Second World War. There, the boy became friends with a local fisherman and learned to catch the golden eels. Eventually, his father and mother were arrested by the Nazis and the boy stayed with the fisherman.
How it feels: Melancholic, warm, earnest and dark. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Coming-of-age, family, isolation, survival
Content: Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 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: coming-of-age
family
isolation
survival
grief
Places: countryside
small town
Era: period
Audience: teen
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none