Movie

Evolution

2016 · 82 min

A hypnotic, unsettling plunge into a boy's strange world, where beauty and dread coil together like the tide.

Overview: 11-year-old Nicolas lives with his mother in a seaside housing estate. The only place that ever sees any activity is the hospital. It is there that all the boys from the village are forced to undergo strange medical trials that attempt to disrupt the phases of evolution.
How it feels: Eerie, dark, bleak and melancholic. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Identity, isolation, family, survival
Content: Mild violence, gore and sexual content. No swearing.
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Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 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: identity
isolation
family
survival
betrayal
Places: sea
small town
hospital
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language none
Violence mild
Sex mild