Movie

Carnival

1982 · 151 min

A bittersweet, song-filled coming-of-age story that blends small-town longing with big-city disappointment and a touch of dreamlike ambiguity.

Overview: A young Russian girl is in love with show business and wants to leave her small town for Moscow and make it big in the big city. She encounters her long missing, remarried father and gets a boy friend who uses her and then leaves her.
How it feels: Melancholic, warm, earnest and whimsical. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Coming-of-age, family, identity, ambition
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: coming-of-age
family
identity
ambition
love
Places: small town
big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: musical
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild