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The Wheel of Heaven

2023 · 103 min

A disorienting, dreamlike puzzle that keeps shifting under you, mixing deadpan absurdity with an uneasy sense of being manipulated.

Directed by: Joe Badon
Genres: Fantasy, Comedy
Starring: Kali Russell, Jeff Pearson, Vincent Stalba

Tagline: Determine your own destiny.
Overview: A woman caught up in predatory relationships is thrown into a multi-layered world of choices after she discovers a mystical book in a thrift store.

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Directed by: Joe Badon
Genres: Fantasy, Comedy
Starring: Kali Russell, Jeff Pearson, Vincent Stalba

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Tone: absurdstrength 3 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
obsession
deception
freedom
trauma
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: found footage
nonlinear
unreliable narrator
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	3
Horror	4
Humour	6
Realism	3
Romance	3
Tension	5
Darkness	6
Complexity	8
Emotional weight	5

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