Movie

The Sunset Boys

1995 · 96 min

A gentle, bittersweet road trip with old friends, mixing warm humor and melancholy as past secrets surface.

Overview: Ernest, Ted and August fulfill their friend Carl's dying wish and take him to Heidelberg, where they all first met 45 years ago, to see his old girlfriend one last time. However, the locals won't talk about her, due to a WW2 secret.
How it feels: Warm, melancholic, earnest and dark. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Friendship, aging, memory, guilt
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: friendship
aging
memory
guilt
redemption
Places: road trip
big city
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild