Movie

A Soldier Comes Home

1945

A quiet, rueful homecoming that settles over you slowly, more melancholy than dramatic, with a gentle ache of displacement.

Directed by: John Eldridge
Starring: Robert Griffith, Edgar Hill, Nancy O'Neil

Overview: A soldier returns home from the Far Eastern theatre of conflict, but discovers that life back home isn't quite what he expected.

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Directed by: John Eldridge
Starring: Robert Griffith, Edgar Hill, Nancy O'Neil

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
family
memory
identity
healing
Places: small town
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	2
Tension	4
Darkness	5
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	7

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