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The Bar

2017 · 102 min

A grimy, claustrophobic pressure cooker that lurches from grim suspense to savage comedy, keeping you tense and off-balance as civility collapses.

Tagline: Ordering coffee can cost your life
Overview: In downtown Madrid, a series of mysterious gunshots trap a motley assortment of people in a decrepit bar.
How it feels: Dark, tense, absurd and cynical. Brisk and needs your attention.
About: Survival, isolation, betrayal, parenthood
Content: Strong violence, gore and language. Mild sexual content.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 3 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
isolation
betrayal
parenthood
greed
Places: big city
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
single location
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex mild