Movie

27 Steps of May

2019 · 112 min

A quiet, heavy watch that sits with pain and slow recovery, rewarding patience with raw, restrained feeling.

Overview: Eight years ago, 14 year old May was raped by a group of men. May’s father is devastated, blaming himself for not being able to keep his daughter safe. Traumatized significantly by this incident, May withdraws completely from life.
How it feels: Bleak, melancholic, tense and earnest. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Trauma, grief, isolation, healing
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: trauma
grief
isolation
healing
guilt
Places: home
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild