Movie

Sans Soleil

1983 · 100 min

A hypnotic, essayistic drift through images and ideas that rewards patience with a profound sense of wonder and melancholy.

Tagline: He wrote me...
Overview: A woman narrates the thoughts of a world traveler, meditations on time and memory expressed in words and images from places as far-flung as Japan, Guinea-Bissau, Iceland, and San Francisco.
How it feels: Melancholic, eerie, earnest and warm. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Memory, identity, isolation, death
Content: Mild violence, gore and sexual content. No swearing.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: memory
identity
isolation
death
art
Places: big city
countryside
road trip
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
documentary
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language none
Violence mild
Sex mild