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A Tale of Love and Darkness

2015 · 95 min

A slow, poetic plunge into a child's world of stories and sorrow, heavy with memory and loss.

Overview: The story of young Amos Oz, growing up in Jerusalem in the years before Israeli statehood with his parents; his academic father, Arieh, and his dreamy, imaginative mother, Fania.
How it feels: Melancholic, warm, earnest and dark. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Grief, family, memory, identity
Content: Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 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: grief
family
memory
identity
isolation
Places: big city
home
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none