Movie

Neptune Frost

2022 · 110 min

A hypnotic, poetic experience that blends music, activism, and Afrofuturist imagery into a dreamlike and emotionally charged journey.

Overview: In the hilltops of Burundi, a group of escaped coltan miners form an anti-colonialist computer hacker collective. From their camp in an otherworldly e-waste dump, they attempt a takeover of the authoritarian regime exploiting the region's natural resources – and its people. When an intersex runaway and an escaped coltan miner find each other through cosmic forces, their connection sparks glitches within the greater divine circuitry.
How it feels: Earnest, uplifting, melancholic and tense. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Identity, rebellion, love, grief
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: earneststrength 3 of 3
upliftingstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 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
rebellion
love
grief
technology
Places: countryside
small town
Era: near-future
Audience: adult
Form: musical
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild