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Orwell: 2+2=5

2025 · 119 min

A sober, essayistic montage of archive footage and readings that feels like a warning lecture, unsettling and intellectually urgent.

Overview: George Orwell was one of the most visionary authors of the 20th century, whose novels 1984 and Animal Farm foretold a chilling, authoritarian future. Acclaimed director Raoul Peck interweaves clips, readings from Orwell's diary, cinematic references, and modern-day footage to craft not only a portrait of the writer, but a fresh take on how prophetic his work has become.
How it feels: Dark, tense, earnest and bleak. Measured and demanding.
About: Politics, power, corruption, freedom
Content: Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: politics
power
corruption
freedom
survival
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
true story
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none