Movie

Fitzcarraldo

1982 · 157 min

A hypnotic, gruelling trudge through jungle obsession, equal parts absurd and awe-inspiring, that leaves you exhausted and strangely uplifted.

Tagline: Dare to dream the impossible.
Overview: Fitzcarraldo is a dreamer who plans to build an opera house in Iquitos, in the Peruvian Amazon, so, in order to finance his project, he embarks on an epic adventure to collect rubber, a very profitable product, in a remote and unexplored region of the rainforest.
How it feels: Earnest, absurd, tense and melancholic. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Obsession, ambition, art, survival
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: earneststrength 3 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: obsession
ambition
art
survival
madness
Places: wilderness
sea
small town
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild