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The House of Tomorrow

2019 · 85 min

A gentle, quirky coming-of-age story about misfits finding their voice, with warmth and melancholy in equal measure.

Directed by
Peter Livolsi
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Starring
Asa Butterfield, Alex Wolff, Nick Offerman
Tagline
Make your own future
Overview
The film tells futurist, architect, and inventor R. Buckminster Fuller's incredible story through two teens hoping to get laid, become punk gods, and survive high school.

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Directed by
Peter Livolsi
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Starring
Asa Butterfield, Alex Wolff, Nick Offerman
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • coming-of-age
  • identity
  • isolation
  • family
  • friendship
Places
  • small town
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour5
Realism8
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Genres
drama, comedy
Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
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Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
85 min
Country
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Languages
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