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Roja

2016 · 15 min

A dreamlike, disquieting drift through memory and displacement, more mood and image than story, asking you to sit with unease.

Directed by
Shirin Neshat
Overview
Roja is drawn from Neshat’s own recurring dreams, memories and desires. The work traces a young woman’s disquieting attempts to connect with American culture while reconciling her identification with her home country of Iran.

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Directed by
Shirin Neshat
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 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
  • identity
  • isolation
  • memory
  • immigration
  • loneliness
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror2
Humour1
Realism6
Romance3
Tension5
Darkness5
Complexity7
Emotional weight7

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Directed by
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Runtime
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