Movie

Shades of Fern

1986 · 90 min

A slow, brooding descent into guilt and fear, where the forest itself seems to judge and the weight of a single act never lifts.

Overview: After a murder of a gamekeeper who catches them red-handed having just downed a deer, two teenage boys, conceited Ruda and shy Václav go on the run through the woods.
How it feels: Bleak, dark, tense and melancholic. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Guilt, isolation, crime, survival
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 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: guilt
isolation
crime
survival
nature
Places: countryside
wilderness
small town
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild