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Carnival Pilgrims

2020 · 87 min

A quiet, observational gaze at crowds performing tourism, wry and faintly sad, asking you to watch rather than be swept along.

Directed by: Mika Mattila
Genres: Documentary

Overview: Director-cinematographer Mika Mattila tours the tourist attractions of the world and films inconspicuously the formulaic behaviour of the tourist masses.

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Directed by: Mika Mattila
Genres: Documentary

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Tone: satiricalstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 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: identity
isolation
media
class
Places: big city
road trip
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Action	1
Horror	1
Humour	4
Realism	9
Romance	1
Tension	2
Darkness	3
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	4

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Genres: documentary
Directed by: Mika Mattila
Runtime: 87 min
Country: Finland, Germany, Norway
Languages: English, Romanian

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