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Bambú

1945 · 98 min

A sweeping old-fashioned romantic adventure that carries you from heartbreak to distant battlefields with earnest melodrama and gentle warmth.

Genres
Drama, Adventure, Romance
Tagline
A page of love and adventure
Overview
Alejandro is a young composer from Madrid who, overwhelmed by a sentimental and artistic failure, decides to enlist as a volunteer soldier and go to war-torn Cuba, where he befriends Antonio, who becomes his best friend.

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Tone
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • friendship
  • war
  • identity
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
  • military
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror1
Humour3
Realism6
Romance6
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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