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We Can't Change the World, But We Wanna Build a School in Cambodia

2011 · 126 min

A sincere, slow-building drama that moves from campus fundraising to sobering field visits, ultimately leaving a warm, hopeful aftertaste.

Overview: A young Japanese man named Kota Tanaka (Osamu Mukai) works to raise money and then build an elementary school in Cambodia.
How it feels: Earnest, uplifting, melancholic and warm. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Ambition, friendship, class, survival
Content: Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
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Tone: earneststrength 3 of 3
upliftingstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: ambition
friendship
class
survival
redemption
Places: big city
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none