Movie

Dear Tenant

2020 · 106 min

A quiet, tender-hearted drama that slowly tightens into a painful legal and emotional knot, leaving you moved and unsettled.

Tagline: An unbreakable bond.
Overview: A boy lives with his Grandma and Mr. Lin, the tenant who looks after him and Grandma. But when Grandma passes away, the boy's uncle returns to Taiwan and discovers that ownership of the apartment was transferred to other people.
How it feels: Melancholic, warm, tense and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Family, grief, found family, identity
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
grief
found family
identity
justice
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild