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Black Island

1996 · 115 min

A slow, sunlit coming-of-age that lingers on friendship and first desire while the ground beneath it quietly darkens.

Genres
Drama
Overview
The story of a friendship between two girls of different races, Susana and Rita, in Equatorial Guinea, from 1950 to 1961. Susana discovers with her friend a fascinating but troubled new world in Africa, where she comes of age and experiences love and sex.

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • coming-of-age
  • friendship
  • race
  • identity
  • colonialism
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance5
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Cecilia Bartolomé
Written by
Cecilia Bartolomé, José T. Bartolomé
Starring
Alicia Bogo, Ademius Hernández, Xabier Elorriaga, Isabel Mestres, Patricio Wood, Carlos Cruz
Runtime
115 min
Country
Spain
Languages
Spanish

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