Movie

Kardia

2006 · 85 min

A quiet, introspective puzzle of memory and medicine that asks you to sit with uncertainty and let its sadness settle slowly.

Overview: Kardia weaves fiction and science to tell the story of Hope, a pathologist who embarks on a journey of reconciliation. Hope discovers that the experimental heart operation she underwent as a child has mysteriously linked her life with another. To unlock the secret of her past, Hope must revisit her childhood and explore regions of her life that have heart stopping results.
How it feels: Melancholic, earnest, tense and warm. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Memory, identity, grief, family
Content: Mild violence, gore and language. No sexual content.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: memory
identity
grief
family
healing
Places: big city
hospital
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
unreliable narrator
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none