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Avalon

1990 · 126 min

A warm, bittersweet saga of immigrant family life, rich with nostalgia and quiet heartbreak, unfolding at a measured pace.

Tagline
Three generations of family. They shared a dream called America in a place called Avalon.
Overview
A Polish-Jewish family comes to the U.S. at the beginning of the twentieth century. There, the family and their children try to make themselves a better future in the so-called promised land.

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • immigration
  • identity
  • memory
  • class
Places
  • big city
  • suburbs
  • home
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour4
Realism8
Romance4
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Barry Levinson
Written by
Barry Levinson
Starring
Armin Mueller-Stahl, Aidan Quinn, Elizabeth Perkins, Joan Plowright, Leo Fuchs, Lou Jacobi, Eve Gordon, Kevin Pollak
Music
Randy Newman
Cinematography
Allen Daviau
Runtime
126 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
Yiddish, English

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