Movie

Mountains May Depart

2015 · 127 min

A slow, wistful sweep across decades; you watch time and distance quietly erode love, leaving a soft ache and a haunting final image.

Overview: The life of Tao, and those close to her, is explored in three different time periods: 1999, 2014, and 2025.
How it feels: Melancholic, earnest, warm and tense. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Love, family, isolation, memory
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: love
family
isolation
memory
identity
Places: small town
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild