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Habitat

2021 · 127 min

A quiet, heavy watch that follows a grieving woman's stubborn search for truth, slow and emotionally draining.

Directed by
Luoping Zhang
Genres
Drama
Overview
It tells the story of Liang Yan, a young and elegant music teacher who finds herself suddenly alone with a daughter to care for, when her husband is reported dead at his workplace. The official account is that he has been killed in a fire, and the arsonist who caused it is on the run. But Liang Yan can’t accept this version of the truth.

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Directed by
Luoping Zhang
Genres
Drama
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 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
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • mystery
  • family
  • justice
  • isolation
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour1
Realism8
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Genres
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Directed by
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Runtime
127 min

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