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35 Up

1991 · 116 min

Quietly absorbing and humane, like catching up with old acquaintances whose ordinary lives slowly reveal the weight of time and class.

Overview
Director Michael Apted revisits the same group of British-born adults after a 7 year wait. The subjects are interviewed as to the changes that have occurred in their lives during the last seven years.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • earneststrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • class
  • aging
  • identity
  • family
  • memory
Places
  • big city
  • suburbs
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • serialised
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror0
Humour3
Realism10
Romance2
Tension2
Darkness3
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
Michael Apted
Starring
Tony Walker, Neil Hughes, Nicholas Hitchon, John Brisby, Bruce Balden, Paul Kligerman, Symon Basterfield, Lynn Johnson
Runtime
116 min
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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