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In a Year with 13 Moons

1978 · 124 min

A raw, unflinching plunge into loneliness and regret, unfolding slowly with theatrical intensity and leaving a heavy, sorrowful aftertaste.

Overview: Elvira Weishaupt, once a burly working-class butcher, has made an enormous sacrifice for love. She has undergone a sex change for a romantic interest who has abandoned her, and she now must struggle to reconcile her past life with her present identity.
How it feels: Bleak, melancholic, dark and earnest. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Identity, isolation, love, grief
Content: Strong sexual content and language. Mild violence and gore.
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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
isolation
love
grief
betrayal
Places: big city
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence mild
Sex strong