The Goldfinch

The Goldfinch

The story of a stolen life

Rating

5.0 (1)

Release Date

9/12/2019

Runtime

149 mins

Genres

Overview

A boy in New York is taken in by a wealthy family after his mother is killed in a bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In a rush of panic, he steals 'The Goldfinch', a painting that eventually draws him into a world of crime.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$40,000,000

Revenue

-

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A sprawling meditation on how a single moment of trauma reverberates through a life, following a boy haunted by both grief and a stolen painting that binds him to a dangerous world. The film moves unhurriedly through years of his existence, layering beauty and darkness in equal measure.

Mood

MelancholicWistfulTenseContemplative

Themes

GriefComing of ageArt and creationObsessionIsolation

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

PainterlyNaturalistic

Structure

Framed flashback

Heads up

Graphic violenceSuicide and self-harmAddiction

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