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Carla's Song

1996 · 125 min

A slow, tender romance set against the raw, wrenching reality of war, leaving you with a heavy heart and a quiet hope.

Directed by
Ken Loach
Genres
War, Drama, Romance
Tagline
A dream called freedom. A nightmare called Nicaragua.
Overview
1987, love in time of war: bus driver George meets Carla, a Nicaraguan exile living a precarious, profoundly-sad life in Glasgow. Her back is scarred, her boyfriend missing, her family dispersed; she's suicidal. George takes her to Nicaragua to find out what's happened to them and help her face her past.

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Directed by
Ken Loach
Genres
War, Drama, Romance
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 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
  • war
  • trauma
  • love
  • grief
  • survival
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
  • road trip
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror6
Humour2
Realism9
Romance6
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight9

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Genres
war, drama, romance
Directed by
Ken Loach
Written by
Paul Laverty
Starring
Robert Carlyle, Oyanka Cabezas, Scott Glenn, Louise Goodall, Salvador Espinoza, Margaret McAdam, Gary Lewis, Subash Singh Pall
Music
George Fenton
Cinematography
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Runtime
125 min
Country
Germany, Spain, United Kingdom
Languages
French, English, Spanish

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