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Capone

2020 · 103 min

A slow, hallucinatory descent into a broken mind, more sad than scary, with a towering, mumbling performance at its center.

Directed by: Josh Trank
Genres: Crime, Drama
Starring: Tom Hardy, Linda Cardellini, Matt Dillon

Tagline: We all pay for our crimes in the end.
Overview: The 47-year old Al Capone, after 10 years in prison, starts suffering from dementia and comes to be haunted by his violent past.

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Directed by: Josh Trank
Genres: Crime, Drama
Starring: Tom Hardy, Linda Cardellini, Matt Dillon

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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 3 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 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: memory
guilt
death
isolation
family
Places: single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	4
Humour	2
Realism	7
Romance	2
Tension	5
Darkness	8
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	8

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