Movie

Photographing Fairies

1997 · 106 min

A haunting, slow-burn journey through grief and obsession, blending period drama with eerie fantasy and a tragic sense of wonder.

Tagline: Another world… as close as the beat of your heart
Overview: Photographer Charles Castle is numbed with grief following the death of his beautiful bride. He goes off to war, working in the trenches as a photographer. Following the war and still in grief Charles is given some photographs purporting to be of fairies. His search for the truth leads him to Burkinwell, a seemingly peaceful village seething with secrets
How it feels: Melancholic, eerie, dark and earnest. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Grief, obsession, faith, death
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: grief
obsession
faith
death
madness
Places: countryside
small town
big city
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild