Movie

The Man Who Will Come

2009 · 115 min

A quietly devastating, slow-building immersion into rural wartime life that culminates in harrowing, senseless violence.

Overview: A group of Italian villagers struggle to survive during a tumultuous time in 1943, debating how much assistance to give the partisans with the impending arrival of the Germans. Based on True Events.
How it feels: Bleak, melancholic, tense and earnest. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: War, survival, family, grief
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore and language. No sexual content.
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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 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: war
survival
family
grief
trauma
Places: countryside
small town
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex none