Movie

The Night Watch

2011 · 90 min

Quietly devastating and tender, it draws you into a knot of wartime loves and losses with intimate, aching restraint.

Tagline: Love and liberation in wartime
Overview: Four Londoners are inseparably linked by their wartime experiences. In a time when the barriers of sexuality and social convention have been broken down, they enjoy a freedom never experienced before.
How it feels: Melancholic, romantic, dark and warm. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Love, identity, sexuality, memory
Content: Strong sexual content. Mild violence, gore and language.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: love
identity
sexuality
memory
war
Places: big city
home
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex strong