Movie

Emotional Arithmetic

2008 · 99 min

A quiet, emotionally charged reunion drama where past trauma surfaces through restrained performances and a lingering sense of melancholy.

Overview: An emotionally scarred fifty-something female, a high-profile but haunted British novelist, and a heroic dissident-cum-Soviet psychiatric hospital veteran, all reunite decades after bonding and surviving together in a detention camp during World War II.
How it feels: Melancholic, earnest, tense and dark. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Memory, trauma, grief, guilt
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 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: memory
trauma
grief
guilt
healing
Places: countryside
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild