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Beasts of the Southern Wild

Movie · 2012 · 93 min

A raw, dreamlike plunge into a child's fierce world of survival, where beauty and hardship blur together.

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2012 film directed by Benh Zeitlin
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Class
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Year
2012
Runtime
93 min
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 3 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 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
  • survival
  • family
  • grief
  • coming-of-age
  • isolation
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour3
Realism4
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

Details

Genres
drama, fantasy, magic realist
Directed by
Benh Zeitlin
Written by
Benh Zeitlin, Lucy Alibar
Starring
Quvenzhané Wallis, Dwight Henry
Music
Benh Zeitlin, Dan Romer
Cinematography
Ben Richardson
Runtime
93 min
Country
United States
Languages
English

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