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The Return

1994 · 110 min

A quiet, wistful recollection of a brief romance, unfolding gently with a lingering ache of what might have been.

Directed by
Dang Nhat Minh
Genres
Drama
Overview
In the years following the American war a young woman from Hanoi teaches in a rural school in the south. There she meets a troubled young man, and they have a brief romance that she recalls wistfully years later in her unhappy marriage.
How it feels
Melancholic, earnest and warm. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About
Memory, love, isolation, class
Content
Mild violence and sexual content. No gore or swearing.
Note
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Directed by
Dang Nhat Minh
Genres
Drama
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Era
period
Audience
adult
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour1
Realism8
Romance6
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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