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The Calm Beyond

2020 · 95 min

A quiet, desolate survival story that slowly kindles warmth through an unlikely bond amid ruin.

Overview
A young woman lives, hidden in plain sight in a ruined Hong Kong building after a tsunami destroyed the city - a castaway on a concrete island. Her concealed existence is changed forever when a small child literally floats into her life.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 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
  • isolation
  • found family
  • trauma
  • grief
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
near-future
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror3
Humour1
Realism6
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
science fiction, thriller
Directed by
Joshua Wong
Written by
Heather Gornall, Joshua Wong
Starring
Kara Wang, Sarinna Boggs, Terence Yin Chi-wai, Joyce Cheng Yan-yi, Jai Day, Timmy Gunn, Jason Lim, Jane Wong Pui-yi
Music
Joshua Wong, Jeff Caylor
Cinematography
Nathan Wong
Runtime
95 min
Country
Hong Kong
Languages
Mandarin, English

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