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I Am Not a Witch

2017 · 93 min

A quiet, unsettling fable that blends deadpan satire with stark beauty, leaving a lingering sense of injustice and quiet defiance.

Overview: Convicted of witchcraft, 8-year-old Shula is brought to live in a penal colony where witches do hard labour in service of the government.
How it feels: Bleak, satirical, melancholic and eerie. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Isolation, power, corruption, survival
Content: Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
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Tone: bleakstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
power
corruption
survival
freedom
Places: countryside
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none