Movie

The Well

2015 · 96 min

A parched, claustrophobic siege that tightens slowly, leaving you thirsty and uneasy as hope drains away.

Overview: Women and children from a village in southern Algeria find themselves besieged by soldiers and can not get out the risk of dying. Gradually, these villagers are faced with thirst. At the point where soon arises for them the dilemma of choosing their death.
How it feels: Bleak, tense, dark and earnest. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Survival, war, isolation, death
Content: Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 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: survival
war
isolation
death
power
Places: small town
countryside
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none