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My Days of Mercy (2018) poster

2018 · romance · drama · political

My Days of Mercy

Directed by Tali Shalom-Ezer1h 48m2018

The daughter of a man on death row falls in love with a woman on the opposing side of her family's political cause.

Our read: My Days of Mercy (2018) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded romance · drama · political entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.

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Sombre, steady, measured romance / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.

ElsewhereIMDb6.56kRT90%
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DNA · twelve axes

How My Days of Mercy feels to watch.

Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.

MoodHeavy ↔ Cosy
PacingSlow-burn ↔ Kinetic
IntensityGentle ↔ Extreme
WeirdnessConventional ↔ Surreal
HopeNihilistic ↔ Redemptive
StakesIntimate ↔ Epic
HumourNone ↔ Broad
RealityGrounded ↔ Fantastical
DensitySparse ↔ Twisty
WarmthCold ↔ Tender
AuteurTransparent ↔ Signature
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“You want a deliberate lesbian romance tangled with death penalty politics.”

ends bittersweetit stays with youa slow buildgrips by minute 15attention 3/5earns its length
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upexplicit sexnudity

Skip it tonight — You want fast pacing or light entertainment tonight.

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