Movie

A Girl on the Shore

2021 · 108 min

A quiet, uncomfortable plunge into teenage loneliness, where intimacy feels desperate and the sea offers more escape than any person can.

Tagline: Rain, I hate. Wind, I don't mind. But the sea...
Overview: Keisuke Isobe and Koume Satou live a rather dull life. But when Koume's crush breaks her heart, their situation becomes quite unordinary. She starts a "no-strings-attached" relationship with Keisuke, whom she had previously rejected, both finding solace in the other in order to fill the emotional voids in their lives.
How it feels: Melancholic, bleak, tense and earnest. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Loneliness, sexuality, coming-of-age, isolation
Content: Strong sexual content. Mild violence and language. No gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 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: loneliness
sexuality
coming-of-age
isolation
grief
Places: small town
school
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex strong