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Tenerife

2005 · 87 min

A sober, tense reconstruction that builds dread through procedural detail, leaving you shaken by the ordinary decisions behind catastrophe.

Directed by
Chantal Hébert
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Paul Bandey, Anne Cart, Lee Delong
Overview
March 27, 1977. At 2:00 in the afternoon, a thick fog rolled into the usually quiet Los Rodeos Airport in Tenerife, in the Canary Islands. On the runway sat two fully loaded jumbo airliners. An explosion at a nearby airport had redirected air traffic to the undermanned airfield at Tenerife. Within three hours 583 people would be dead. This film reconstructs the moments leading up to the tragedy.

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Directed by
Chantal Hébert
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Paul Bandey, Anne Cart, Lee Delong
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • death
  • survival
  • guilt
  • fate
  • work
Places
  • workplace
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
  • documentary
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror4
Humour0
Realism9
Romance0
Tension8
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
Chantal Hébert
Written by
Anne Dezert
Starring
Paul Bandey, Anne Cart, Lee Delong, Mike Dineen, James Gerard, Lexie Kendrick
Cinematography
Yoan Cart
Runtime
87 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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