Movie

The Childhood of a Leader

2016 · 116 min

A cold, deliberate slow burn that watches a child's cruelty harden into something monstrous, leaving you uneasy long after.

Tagline: Witness the birth of a terrifying ego.
Overview: The chilling story of a young American boy living in France in 1918 whose father is working for the US government on the creation of the Treaty of Versailles. What he witnesses helps to mold his beliefs – and we witness the birth of a terrifying ego.
How it feels: Dark, eerie, tense and bleak. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Power, identity, family, coming-of-age
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 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: power
identity
family
coming-of-age
corruption
Places: countryside
single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild