Movie

Apples

2021 · 91 min

A quiet, deadpan drift through a muted world where small rituals stand in for a self, and sadness and absurdity sit side by side.

Tagline: Could it be that we are the things we don't forget?
Overview: As an unpredictable, sweeping pandemic causes people to develop sudden amnesia, a man finds himself enrolled in a recovery program designed to help him build a new life. His treatment: performing daily tasks prescribed by his doctors on cassette tape, and capturing those with a Polaroid camera.
How it feels: Melancholic, absurd, bleak and warm. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Memory, identity, isolation, loneliness
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 1 of 3
warmstrength 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: memory
identity
isolation
loneliness
grief
Places: big city
Era: near-future
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild