Movie

The Airship

1994 · 80 min

A meandering, literary mystery that drifts through a city's past, mixing wry humour with a quiet sense of unease.

Tagline: Montevideo is too far of a place, where you can't lie and there's always someone waiting for me
Overview: A French woman arrives in Montevideo, to meet poet Juan Carlos Onetti and investigate the story of the city. She is intrigued by the photograph of the day when president Bordaz was killed and a zeppelin flew above the city at the turn of the century. She is helped by a photographer and both fall into a police intrigue.
How it feels: Melancholic, satirical, eerie and whimsical. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Mystery, memory, identity, politics
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 1 of 3
whimsicalstrength 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: mystery
memory
identity
politics
art
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild