Movie

Wheel of Ashes

1968 · 95 min

A slow, austere plunge into a restless mind, offering little comfort but a haunting, grainy intimacy.

Overview: A stripped-down account of a young man's existential reckoning. "As dust hides a mirror, lust hides the self," reads one of the film's Vedanta-sourced intertitles. And indeed, while the Pierre Clementi protagonist's inner life remains obscure, the Saint-Germain-des-Pres neighborhood that offers his temptations appears in harrowing detail.
How it feels: Bleak, melancholic, eerie and tense. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Identity, isolation, obsession, faith
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: bleakstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 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: identity
isolation
obsession
faith
madness
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild