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Palm Trees in the Snow

2015 · 164 min

A sweeping, emotionally rich saga that moves between eras, immersing you in a forbidden love and family secrets amid colonial decline.

Tagline: Based on thousands of real stories
Overview: Spain, 2003. An accidental discovery leads Clarence to travel from the snowy mountains of Huesca to Equatorial Guinea, to visit the land where her father Jacobo and her uncle Kilian spent most of their youth, the island of Fernando Poo.
How it feels: Melancholic, romantic, tense and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Family, love, colonialism, memory
Content: Strong sexual content. Mild violence, gore and language.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
romanticstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 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: family
love
colonialism
memory
identity
Places: countryside
small town
home
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex strong