The Childhood of a Leader

The Childhood of a Leader

Witness the birth of a terrifying ego.

Rating

No ratings yet

Release Date

7/22/2016

Runtime

116 mins

Genres

Overview

The chilling story of a young American boy living in France in 1918 whose father is working for the US government on the creation of the Treaty of Versailles. What he witnesses helps to mold his beliefs – and we witness the birth of a terrifying ego.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$3,000,000

Revenue

-

Homepage

-
Backdrop Image

How It Feels

Read from this film's synopsis, keywords and credits, and used to work out what it sits beside.

A meticulously crafted psychological study of how a child's entitlement and exposure to geopolitical chaos crystallizes into something genuinely dangerous. It's a portrait of ego metastasizing into ideology, uncomfortable and absorbing in equal measure.

Mood

UnsettlingDread-soakedAngryParanoid

Themes

PowerIdentityCorruptionFamily

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

FormalistHigh-contrastNaturalistic

Structure

Linear

Reviews

No reviews yet

Be the first to review The Childhood of a Leader.

Recommendations

Ranked by what each one shares with this film, with the reason on every card.

Same director · Shares cast

Feels similar

A similar mood

Feels similar

Feels similar

Feels similar

Feels similar

Feels similar

Feels similar

A similar mood

A similar mood

Feels similar

Feels similar

Feels similar

Feels similar

Feels similar

A similar mood

Feels similar

Feels similar

Feels similar