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The Mustang

2019 · 96 min

A quiet, heavy character study of anger and repair, where patient horse-training scenes slowly open into hard-won tenderness and release.

Directed by: Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre
Genres: Drama
Starring: Matthias Schoenaerts, Jason Mitchell, Gideon Adlon

Overview: While participating in a rehabilitation program training wild mustangs, a convict at first struggles to connect with the horses and his fellow inmates, but he learns to confront his violent past as he soothes an especially feisty horse.

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Directed by: Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre
Genres: Drama
Starring: Matthias Schoenaerts, Jason Mitchell, Gideon Adlon

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Tone: bleakstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: redemption
isolation
trauma
parenthood
freedom
Places: prison
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Humour	1
Realism	9
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Tension	6
Darkness	7
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre
Written by: Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre, Brock Norman Brock
Starring: Matthias Schoenaerts, Jason Mitchell, Gideon Adlon, Connie Britton, Bruce Dern, Josh Stewart, Noel Gugliemi, Thomas Smittle
Music: Jed Kurzel
Cinematography: Ruben Impens
Runtime: 96 min
Country: France, Belgium
Languages: English

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