Movie

Birds of Passage

2018 · 125 min

A slow, tragic descent into greed and violence, rich in cultural detail and haunting in its inevitability.

Tagline: Generations of tradition. Consumed by greed.
Overview: During the marijuana bonanza, a violent decade that saw the origins of drug trafficking in Colombia, Rapayet and his indigenous family get involved in a war to control the business that ends up destroying their lives and their culture.
How it feels: Bleak, tense, melancholic and dark. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Greed, betrayal, trauma, family
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 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: greed
betrayal
trauma
family
Places: countryside
small town
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild