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Knight of Cups

2015 · 118 min

A drifting, dreamlike meditation on emptiness and excess, more mood than story, asking you to surrender to images and whispers.

Directed by: Terrence Malick
Genres: Drama, Romance, Fantasy
Starring: Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Natalie Portman

Tagline: A quest.
Overview: Rick is a screenwriter living in Los Angeles. While successful in his career, his life feels empty. Haunted and confused, he finds temporary solace in the decadent Hollywood excess that defines his existence. Women provide a distraction to his daily pain, and every encounter brings him closer to finding his place in the world.

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Directed by: Terrence Malick
Genres: Drama, Romance, Fantasy
Starring: Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Natalie Portman

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 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: isolation
identity
obsession
grief
memory
Places: big city
road trip
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
unreliable narrator
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	2
Realism	6
Romance	5
Tension	3
Darkness	6
Complexity	8
Emotional weight	8

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