Crustaceans

2014Movie1 h 22 min

68
GoodGoodWatch score

A profoundly sad, slow-burning documentary movie about everyday modern life and society.

Good for thought-provoking · adults · partner watch

Skip it if you want something to laugh at · you need an uplifting mood · you want fast pacing

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Without a fight.

The film Crustaceans treats itself like an impressionist picture or a Japanese Haiku. Crustaceans is a matter of reflection on an instance in life with the social-economical crisis as a landscape. The heartbreak in times of crisis. The film was filmed as demonstrations in the streets against crisis and social welfare cuts took place. For two years, it filmed street demonstrations and incorporated actors in the social landscape. The result, is a film in which the collective and the intimate come together. Both the characters and the people in the street, like identical crustaceans, take to the street to express their shame and rage for what is happening and try to find a solution. A time of anxiety, uncertainty and protest that conforms the landscape in which the characters, such as crustaceans hide their wounds under their hard shell is seen.

Feels like

  • Austere Social Realism
  • Impressionist Narrative
  • Economic Crisis Backdrop
  • Intimate Political Drama
  • Meditative & Melancholic
  • Documentary Hybrid Style
  • Collective vs. Individual
  • Haiku-like Structure
  • Quiet Desperation

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Everyone

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Facts

July 2, 2014 · 1 h 22 min · Violence

Released
July 2, 2014
Runtime
1 h 22 min
Content
Violence
Genres
Documentary, Drama
Original language
English
Also spoken
Spanish

Q&A

3 questions, like "Is Crustaceans worth watching?"

Questions about Crustaceans

Quick answers from GoodWatch data.

Is Crustaceans worth watching?

68
GoodGoodWatch score

Mostly, it's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 68 (IMDb 6.8).

Is Crustaceans plot-driven or character-driven?

CharactersPlot

Mostly character-driven: it leans on pathos (8 of 10) and character depth (7 of 10) more than on its plot.

Will I feel good after watching Crustaceans?

BleakHopeful

Probably not: the title analysis rates it 9 of 10 for melancholy and 8 for bleakness, against 3 for hopefulness.