Movie

Summer Guests

1976 · 115 min

A talky, airless chamber piece where privileged people argue themselves into a quiet, uneasy emptiness.

Overview: A group of people from the wealthy middle class in engage in quasi intellectual quarrels and discussions trying to find some meaning in their comfortable and indolent life. Adaptation of the play by Maxim Gorky.
How it feels: Melancholic, cynical, tense and satirical. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Class, isolation, identity, morality
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
satiricalstrength 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: class
isolation
identity
morality
loneliness
Places: single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild