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Caught by the Tides

2024 · 111 min

A slow, impressionistic drift through two decades of longing and change, blending memory and fiction into a quiet, haunting experience.

Tagline: A film over 20 years in the making.
Overview: Years after her boyfriend left her for the big city and promised to bring her there after he’s settled down, a Chinese woman sets out on a journey to be reunited with him.
How it feels: Melancholic, earnest and tense. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Love, isolation, memory, class
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 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: love
isolation
memory
class
identity
Places: big city
countryside
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
documentary
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild