2015 · drama · thriller · mystery
Remember
Directed by Atom Egoyan1h 34m2015
With the aid of a fellow Auschwitz survivor and a hand-written letter, an elderly man with dementia goes in search of the person responsible for the death of his family.
Our read: Remember (2015) reads as a heavy, steady, grounded drama · thriller · mystery entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, steady, measured drama / thriller, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- bleak
- cold
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