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Selah and the Spades

2019 · 97 min

A cool, moody plunge into prep-school power games, all hushed corridors and watchful scheming, seductive but quietly unsettling.

Tagline: Private school, hard knocks.
Overview: Paloma, the new girl at an esteemed prep school, is drawn into the daily aggressions of warring senior class factions. She joins the Spades and becomes friends with the Spades’ leader, an enigmatic and scheming cheerleader named Selah.
How it feels: Dark, tense, cynical and melancholic. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Power, ambition, betrayal, identity
Content: Strong language. Mild violence and sexual content. No gore.
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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 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: power
ambition
betrayal
identity
coming-of-age
Places: school
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language strong
Violence mild
Sex mild