Movie

In the White City

1983 · 109 min

A quiet, meandering drift through a sunlit city, watching a man slowly let go of everything.

Overview: Fed up with the sea, Paul, a Swiss mechanic working in the noisy bowels of a merchant ship, lands in Lisbon.
How it feels: Melancholic, earnest and romantic. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Isolation, identity, freedom, loneliness
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 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
identity
freedom
loneliness
love
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild