The Watchman
Taste attributes: dramathrillerfresh & originalheavyintricatecomplex relationshiprescue/escape/jeopardy
Boxlist takeA smart thriller, balanced on most other counts. Best if you like puzzles over plain sailing.
Taste details
Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: intricate · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
Quality rating
6.1 /10
TMDB · 37 votes
Where to watch
Streaming data: JustWatch
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What lines up
- Wholesomeness: Balanced wholesomeness, just how this profile likes it
- Setting / scale: Balanced setting / scale, just how this profile likes it
- Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Emotional punch: Balanced emotional punch, where this profile leans emotive / stirring
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Synopsis
The protagonist Vlad is a man of about forty; he lives and works as watchman in an old sanatorium that is due to be demolished. He obviously needs this work to live the life of a hermit. One night a married couple appears at the sanatorium: Vera and Stas. They are on the run. They are pursued by former friends and business partners of Stas. Vlad decides to help them, because he too is hiding from the past. Each character is threatened with the inevitable payment for wrong choices in the past, but helping each other, they try to expiate these faults.
Synopsis: TMDB
Taste Attributes
Characteristics
Where this title sits on each taste spectrum
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Details
- Genre
- Drama
- Year
- 2019
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Artlight
- Taste scores
- How we score
Similar in feel
Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.
