Uranus
DramaComedy
After World War II, a small French village struggles to put the war behind as the controlling Communist Party tries to flush out Petain loyalists. The local bar owner, a simple man who likes to write poetry, who only wants to be left alone to do his job, becomes a target for Communist harassment as they try and locate a particular loyalist, and he pushes back.
VIBE
This film feels like a quiet sigh after a long struggle. It's a contemplative, bittersweet look at a village trying to heal, marked by wry humor and a melancholic atmosphere. A character-driven drama that lingers.
bittersweetwrymelancholiccontemplativeslow-burnEuropean arthousecharacter-driven dramaperiod piecepost-war traumapolitical oppressionindividualismmemory
