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The Rye Horn

2023 · 105 min

A quiet, austere and quietly tense journey through rural hardship, carried by a woman's silent resilience and a pervasive sense of precariousness.

Overview: Maria is a shellfisherwoman and midwife in a small village in the Illa de Arousa in 1970s Galicia. After an unexpected event, she is forced to flee to Portugal.
How it feels: Melancholic, tense, earnest and dark. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Isolation, survival, gender, family
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
survival
gender
family
freedom
Places: countryside
small town
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild