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After Yang

2022 · 96 min

A quiet, contemplative sci-fi drama that unfolds gently, inviting you to sit with grief and memory in a warm, melancholic near-future.

Directed by: Kogonada
Genres: Science fiction, Drama
Starring: Justin H. Min, Malea Emma Tjandrawidjaja, Colin Farrell

Tagline: The future has never looked so human.
Overview: When his young daughter's beloved companion — an android named Yang — malfunctions, Jake searches for a way to repair him. In the process, Jake discovers the life that has been passing in front of him, reconnecting with his wife and daughter across a distance he didn't know was there.

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Directed by: Kogonada
Genres: Science fiction, Drama
Starring: Justin H. Min, Malea Emma Tjandrawidjaja, Colin Farrell

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 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: grief
memory
identity
family
love
Places: home
big city
Era: near-future
Audience: teen
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	1
Horror	1
Humour	3
Realism	6
Romance	4
Tension	3
Darkness	4
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: science fiction, drama
Directed by: Kogonada
Written by: Kogonada
Starring: Justin H. Min, Malea Emma Tjandrawidjaja, Colin Farrell, Jodie Turner-Smith, Haley Lu Richardson, Sarita Choudhury, Ritchie Coster, Clifton Collins Jr.
Music: Aska Matsumiya
Cinematography: Benjamin Loeb
Runtime: 96 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: Mandarin, English

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