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The Movie Teller

2023 · 116 min

A gentle, sun-baked coming-of-age tale where cinema offers escape from hard desert lives, told with warmth and a touch of melancholy.

Directed by
Lone Scherfig
Genres
Drama, History
Tagline
Everyone has a story to tell
Overview
María Margarita is the youngest of four siblings in a family living in a mining town in the Atacama Desert (Chile). The most special time of the week for this family is Sunday, when they all go to the movies to enjoy stories that let them escape their everyday lives by transporting them to other worlds. The girl’s parents soon realise that the little girl has a very special gift: an almost uncanny ability to recount movies. The girl’s extraordinary talent will spread throughout the village, changing the fortunes of her family as the country is transformed forever.

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Directed by
Lone Scherfig
Genres
Drama, History
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    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • family
    • politics
    • class
    • coming-of-age
    • power
    Places
    • small town
    • countryside
    • home
    Era
    period
    Audience
    teen
    Form
    • true story
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
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    Action2
    Horror1
    Humour4
    Realism7
    Romance3
    Tension3
    Darkness4
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight6

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