Calm with Horses

Calm with Horses

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Release Date

3/13/2020

Runtime

100 mins

Overview

In darkest rural Ireland, ex-boxer Douglas 'Arm' Armstrong has become the feared enforcer for the drug-dealing Devers family, whilst also trying to be a good father to his autistic five-year-old son, Jack. Torn between these two families, Arm's loyalties are truly tested when he is asked to kill for the first time.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

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Revenue

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A bruising portrait of a man caught between violence and fatherhood in rural Ireland, where quiet moments with his son feel as heavy as the brutality he's bound to commit. The film moves with the weight of moral compromise, offering no escape, only the hard arithmetic of survival.

Mood

TenseBleakContemplativeMournful

Themes

FamilyIdentityCorruptionRedemption

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

NaturalisticDesaturated

Structure

Linear

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Graphic violence

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