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The Confessions

A dreamlike, theatrical fever of confession and desire that keeps you working to tell sin from story.

Overview: “The Confessions” follows a group of condemned nuns bearing witness to the accursed, globe-spanning love triangle of a missing sea captain and his poet wife.
How it feels: Eerie, dark, melancholic and absurd. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Faith, love, guilt, obsession
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 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: faith
love
guilt
obsession
betrayal
Places: single country house
sea
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild