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The Green Knight

2021 · 130 min

A slow, hypnotic plunge into myth and mortality, beautiful and strange, asking you to sit with ambiguity and dread.

Tagline: When honor was everything.
Overview: An epic fantasy adventure based on the timeless Arthurian legend, The Green Knight tells the story of Sir Gawain, King Arthur's reckless and headstrong nephew, who embarks on a daring quest to confront the eponymous Green Knight, a gigantic emerald-skinned stranger and tester of men.

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Tone: eeriestrength 3 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: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
morality
death
fate
coming-of-age
Places: countryside
single country house
wilderness
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	4
Horror	4
Humour	2
Realism	4
Romance	3
Tension	6
Darkness	7
Complexity	8
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: adventure, drama, fantasy
Directed by: David Lowery
Written by: David Lowery
Starring: Dev Patel, Alicia Vikander, Joel Edgerton, Sarita Choudhury, Sean Harris, Kate Dickie, Barry Keoghan, Erin Kellyman
Music: Daniel Hart
Cinematography: Andrew Droz Palermo
Runtime: 130 min
Country: Canada, Ireland, United States of America
Languages: English

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