Movie

Talking the Pictures

2019 · 129 min

A gentle, affectionate period comedy that bustles with theatrical energy and leaves you smiling at its earnest love of performance.

Overview: Set at a movie theater in a small village around 100 years ago. Silent films are play at the movie theater. A young man aspires to become a benshi, a performer that provides live narration to silent films.
How it feels: Warm, whimsical, earnest and light. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Art, ambition, found family, identity
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: art
ambition
found family
identity
trauma
Places: small town
workplace
Era: period
Audience: teen
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild