Movie

Atomic Summer

2022 · 83 min

A quiet, creeping dread settles in as young friends wait out an invisible threat, turning a summer day into a hushed reckoning.

Overview: Victor, in his early 20s, works at the town hall and lives with his girlfriend Charlotte, who is expecting their first child. When an incident happens at the nearby nuclear power plant, he and his high school friends are forced to confine themselves inside a farmhouse, whereas they should have evacuated the area. As the rain is threatening, they are keeping an eye out for the radioactive cloud. The next 24 hours will be crucial.
How it feels: Tense, melancholic, earnest and dark. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Survival, friendship, isolation, coming-of-age
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 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: survival
friendship
isolation
coming-of-age
fate
Places: countryside
single country house
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild