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Oka!

2011 · 105 min

A quiet, immersive portrait of cultural immersion and personal transformation, carried by music and a sense of wonder.

Directed by: Lavinia Currier
Genres: Drama
Starring: Will Yun Lee, Haviland Morris, Peter Riegert

Tagline: Listen...
Overview: The story of Louis Sarno, an American ethno-musicologist who lived among the Bayaka Pygmies in Central Africa for 25 years.

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Directed by: Lavinia Currier
Genres: Drama
Starring: Will Yun Lee, Haviland Morris, Peter Riegert

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Tone: earneststrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
isolation
music
exploration
friendship
Places: wilderness
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	1
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	2
Tension	3
Darkness	3
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Lavinia Currier
Written by: Lavinia Currier, Louis Sarno
Starring: Will Yun Lee, Haviland Morris, Peter Riegert, Kris Marshall, Isaach de Bankolé, Ho-Kwan Tse, Sebastian Beacon, Jakob von Eichel
Cinematography: Conrad W. Hall
Runtime: 105 min
Country: Central African Republic, United States of America
Languages: French, English

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