Movie

A Letter of Fire

2005 · 136 min

A slow, suffocating descent into guilt and family secrets, with raw performances and shocking violence that lingers.

Overview: A schoolboy and his friend are caught at school looking at pornography on the computer. Punished, they wrongly believe that the police are going to arrest them so they hide in an abandoned building and as the boys feel cornered, and fearing for their lives, one of them accidentally kills a prostitute with a dagger thinking she was a mugger...
How it feels: Dark, bleak, tense and melancholic. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Guilt, family, isolation, class
Content: Strong violence and sexual content. Mild gore and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 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: guilt
family
isolation
class
sexuality
Places: big city
school
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex strong