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Red Dog: True Blue

2016 · 88 min

A gentle, sunbaked nostalgia trip about boy-and-dog companionship, easy to sink into and quietly moving without ever getting heavy.

Tagline
Every legend has a beginning.
Overview
When eleven-year-old Mick is shipped off to his grandfather's cattle station in Western Australia, he befriends a scrappy, one-of-a-kind dog that will change his life forever.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 3 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • coming-of-age
  • family
  • grief
  • healing
Places
  • countryside
  • wilderness
  • home
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour5
Realism6
Romance1
Tension2
Darkness2
Complexity2
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
family, comedy, drama
Directed by
Kriv Stenders
Written by
Daniel Taplitz
Starring
Levi Miller, Hanna Mangan Lawrence, Bryan Brown, Jason Isaacs, Thomas Cocquerel, Steve Le Marquand, Syd Brisbane, Kee Chan
Music
Cezary Skubiszewski
Cinematography
Geoffrey Hall
Runtime
88 min
Country
Australia
Languages
English, French

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