Movie

The Throne

2015 · 126 min

A slow, suffocating plunge into a royal family's cruelty, told in fragments that build to devastating emotional weight.

Tagline: The ways of a royal household.
Overview: Ancient Korea, July 4, 1762. The Crown Prince Hyojang, posthumously named Sado, son of King Yeongjo of Joseon, is accused of treason. Thus, the king asks him to commit suicide, but his closest vassals prevent it, so the king orders the prince to get inside a wooden rice chest, where he suffers deprivation of food and water.
How it feels: Dark, bleak, melancholic and tense. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Family, power, madness, grief
Content: Mild violence, gore and language. No sexual content.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 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
power
madness
grief
betrayal
Places: single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
true story
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none