Movie

Yonlu

2018 · 90 min

A quiet, haunting plunge into a gifted teenager's inner world, where online connection and private despair sit side by side.

Tagline: The Internet was his world. The music, his legacy.
Overview: A fiction film based on the real story of a 16 year-old boy who, aided by the internet, won over the world with his talent for music and art. Fluent in five languages, Yonlu had a network of virtual friends on all continents. However, no one suspected he was also taking part in a forum for potential suicide.
How it feels: Melancholic, dark, earnest and warm. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Isolation, identity, art, loneliness
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 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: isolation
identity
art
loneliness
death
Places: home
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: true story
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild