Milk
2008USA★ 7.24 pt match
Both films sit with figuring out who you are and sacrifice. Both circle the same ground: corrupt institutions and class and money. Both move the same way too, hopeful, melancholic, escalating, and episodic.
Soorarai Pottru
சூரரைப் போற்று
2020IndiaLanguage: taDirected by Sudha Kongara Prasad★ 7.8
Available in English: subtitled
Nedumaaran Rajangam "Maara" sets out to make the common man fly and in the process takes on the world's most capital intensive industry and several enemies who stand in his way.
Themes and style
Tone
hopefulwarmmelancholictense
Pacing
escalatingslow burnepisodic
Story
survivalrebellionjourneycompetition
Emotion
redemptionsacrificefiguring out who you aregriefloyalty under pressure
Themes
class and moneycorrupt institutionspovertyfamily wounds passed down
Feel
catharticcrowd pleaseremotionally wreckingdiscussion starterrewatchable
Violence
moderateWhere to watch
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