Movie

The Vessel

2016 · 86 min

A quiet, contemplative meditation on loss and belief, heavy with sorrow and slow wonder, asking patience of anyone who watches.

Tagline: Is a miracle just a tragedy, narrowly avoided by chance?
Overview: Ten years after a tsunami destroyed a small-town elementary school with all the children inside, a young man builds a mysterious structure out of the school's remains, setting the town aflame with passions long forgotten.
How it feels: Melancholic, earnest, eerie and warm. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Grief, faith, trauma, healing
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 1 of 3
warmstrength 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
faith
trauma
healing
isolation
Places: small town
sea
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild