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Hold the Dark

2018 · 125 min

A cold, brooding descent into primal violence and grief, with stark landscapes and unsettling silences that linger long after.

Directed by: Jeremy Saulnier
Genres: Thriller, Mystery, Crime
Starring: Jeffrey Wright, Alexander Skarsgård, James Badge Dale

Overview: In the grim Alaskan winter, a naturalist hunts for wolves blamed for killing a local boy, but he soon finds himself swept into a chilling mystery.

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Directed by: Jeremy Saulnier
Genres: Thriller, Mystery, Crime
Starring: Jeffrey Wright, Alexander Skarsgård, James Badge Dale

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 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: grief
isolation
violence
madness
survival
Places: small town
wilderness
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Humour	1
Realism	7
Romance	2
Tension	8
Darkness	9
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: thriller, mystery, crime
Directed by: Jeremy Saulnier
Written by: Macon Blair
Starring: Jeffrey Wright, Alexander Skarsgård, James Badge Dale, Riley Keough, Julian Black Antelope, Tantoo Cardinal, Macon Blair, Jonathan Whitesell
Music: Brooke Blair, Will Blair
Cinematography: Magnus Nordenhof Jønck
Runtime: 125 min
Country: Switzerland, United States of America
Languages: English

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