A Hologram for the King
2016GermanyLanguage: EnglishDirected by Tom Tykwer★ 5.9
Available in English: subtitled
Alan Clay, a struggling American businessman, travels to Saudi Arabia to sell a new technology to the King, only to be challenged by endless Middle Eastern bureaucracy, a perpetually absent monarch, and a suspicious growth on his back.
Themes and style
Tone
melancholicdark comedyabsurdistquietly devastating
Pacing
slow burnepisodicdreamlike
Story
survivalunravelingjourney
Emotion
figuring out who you arelongingfeeling powerlessshameredemption
Themes
caught between worldsclass and moneycorrupt institutionsfamily duty
Feel
cerebralquietly hauntingdiscussion starter
Violence
mild