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21 Up

1977 · 100 min

A quiet, thoughtful check-in with familiar faces, watching time and circumstance reshape ordinary lives with gentle honesty.

Directed by: Michael Apted
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Lynn Johnson, Tony Walker, Jacqueline Bassett

Overview: After another 7 year wait, director Michael Apted revisits the same group of British-born children from Seven Up! and 7 Plus Seven. The subjects are interviewed as to the changes that have occurred in their lives during the last seven years.

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Directed by: Michael Apted
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Lynn Johnson, Tony Walker, Jacqueline Bassett

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Tone: earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: class
identity
coming-of-age
family
work
Places: big city
small town
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
true story
serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Humour	3
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Tension	2
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Complexity	4
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: documentary
Directed by: Michael Apted
Starring: Lynn Johnson, Tony Walker, Jacqueline Bassett, Charles Furneaux, Bruce Balden, Andrew Brackfield, Neil Hughes, Nicholas Hitchon
Runtime: 100 min
Country: United Kingdom
Languages: English

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