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Queen & Country

2015 · 114 min

A gentle, bittersweet coming-of-age memoir with wry humour and a nostalgic, reflective pace.

Directed by: John Boorman
Genres: Drama
Starring: Callum Turner, Caleb Landry Jones, Pat Shortt

Overview: In this sequel to Hope and Glory (1987), Bill Rohan has grown up and is drafted into the army, where he and his eccentric best mate, Percy, battle their snooty superiors on the base and look for love in town.

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Directed by: John Boorman
Genres: Drama
Starring: Callum Turner, Caleb Landry Jones, Pat Shortt

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: coming-of-age
friendship
love
family
identity
Places: military
small town
countryside
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	1
Humour	6
Realism	8
Romance	5
Tension	3
Darkness	4
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama
Directed by: John Boorman
Written by: John Boorman
Starring: Callum Turner, Caleb Landry Jones, Pat Shortt, David Thewlis, Richard E. Grant, Tamsin Egerton, Vanessa Kirby, Aimee-Ffion Edwards
Music: Stephen McKeon
Cinematography: Seamus Deasy
Runtime: 114 min
Country: Romania, Ireland, France
Languages: English

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