Movie

Once Upon a Star

2023 · 138 min

A warm, bittersweet road movie that celebrates the scrappy magic of live-dubbed cinema and the dreamers who keep it alive.

Tagline: Ladies and Gentlemen, come one, come all. Bring along everyone: siblings, parents, grandmothers, grandfathers...
Overview: Join the crew of a traveling pharma-cinema troupe as they go on the road to spread the joy of live-dubbed movies, all while overcoming difficulties, deceits, and reaching for their dreams.
How it feels: Warm, melancholic, earnest and uplifting. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Art, found family, ambition, deception
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
upliftingstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: art
found family
ambition
deception
healing
Places: road trip
countryside
Era: period
Audience: teen
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild