Movie

The Sound and the Fury

2015 · 101 min

A somber, fractured immersion into a decaying Southern family, demanding patience as it shifts between perspectives and memories.

Tagline: Man is the sum of his misfortunes
Overview: A look at the trials and tribulations of The Compson siblings, living in the deep south during the early part of the 20th century.
How it feels: Bleak, melancholic, dark and tense. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Family, grief, memory, isolation
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
grief
memory
isolation
identity
Places: single country house
small town
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild