Movie

Sons

1996 · 95 min

A raw, quietly devastating reenactment that blurs documentary and drama, leaving you drained and haunted by a family's slow unravelling.

Overview: Story of a real family in Beijing. The father's drinking problem starts it all. The mother struggles to keep the family together till she cannot take it any more.
How it feels: Bleak, melancholic, tense and earnest. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Addiction, family, grief, isolation
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 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: addiction
family
grief
isolation
survival
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: true story
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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