Movie

The Souvenir

2019 · 120 min

A quiet, observant plunge into a fragile first love that slowly reveals its damage, leaving you unsettled and moved.

Tagline: The past never stays in focus.
Overview: A shy but ambitious film student falls into an intense, emotionally fraught relationship with a charismatic but untrustworthy older man.
How it feels: Melancholic, tense, earnest and dark. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Addiction, love, identity, obsession
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 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: addiction
love
identity
obsession
betrayal
Places: big city
home
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild