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The Rest

2019 · 79 min

A patient, humane documentary that sits with displaced people and asks you to look closely and feel the weight of their journeys.

Overview
Europe's refugees are met at eye level in a film by the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, who defends the ideals of humanism in the midst of the crisis.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • immigration
  • survival
  • isolation
  • identity
  • politics
Places
  • road trip
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour1
Realism9
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
Ai Weiwei
Starring
Ai Weiwei
Runtime
79 min
Country
China, Germany
Languages
Greek, German, Arabic, English, Italian, Kurdish, Turkish, French

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