Movie

Rattlesnake

1977 · 105 min

A slow, earnest plunge into conscience and compromise, watching a man's ideals collide with the harsh realities and powerful interests around him.

Tagline: An anguish lived and filmed second by second...
Overview: A filmmaker is commissioned to film a documentary on the social reality of the Lacandon people in the state of Chiapas. As he enters the harsh living conditions of this indigenous community, his social conscience forces him to confront his superiors, who threaten to destroy his material.
How it feels: Earnest, tense, melancholic and dark. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Class, power, corruption, justice
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: earneststrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: class
power
corruption
justice
identity
Places: countryside
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild