Movie

Underground

2017 · 84 min

A quiet, sorrowful immersion into lives lived at the edge, heavy with worry and small tendernesses.

Overview: Portrait of a marginalised group of people living illegally in a cemetery in the Philippines, through the life of a couple with a sick child.
How it feels: Bleak, melancholic and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Politics, family, survival, isolation
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: politics
family
survival
isolation
parenthood
Places: small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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