Movie

A Wind from the South

2023 · 135 min

A quiet, patient two-hander that sits with grief in a windswept, enclosed place, rewarding close attention.

Overview: A lighthouse keeper and her late brother's best friend live together in a lighthouse, waiting for the south wind to scatter the ashes of the deceased.
How it feels: Melancholic, earnest, tense and warm. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Grief, isolation, death, memory
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
warmstrength 1 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: grief
isolation
death
memory
family
Places: sea
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild