Movie

The Listening

2006 · 105 min

A chilly, quietly paranoid procedural that makes surveillance feel like a low hum of dread in a beautiful landscape.

Tagline: The story is fiction. The technology is real.
Overview: Estranged by the degree of corporate influence within the largest U.S. listening station in the world, an aging NSA officer defects and mounts a clandestine counter-listening station high in the Italian alps.
How it feels: Tense, dark, melancholic and cynical. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Conspiracy, corruption, power, technology
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore and language. No sexual content.
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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: conspiracy
corruption
power
technology
justice
Places: wilderness
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: procedural
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex none