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The Girl from the Song

The Girl from the Song

Drama · Romance · 2017

A young musician travels to Burning Man, a psychedelic festival in the middle of the Nevada desert, in an attempt to get the impetuous girl he has fallen in love with.

Movie details

The Girl from the Song

2017 Drama · Romance 1h 42m

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6.0 / 10

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A young musician travels to Burning Man, a psychedelic festival in the middle of the Nevada desert, in an attempt to get the impetuous girl he has fallen in love with.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over The Girl from the Song?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Ibai Abad

Written by

Natalia Durán · Elisabet Mainez

Lewis Rainer

Lewis Rainer

Eric

Joséphine Berry

Joséphine Berry

Jo

Charlotte Atkinson

Charlotte Atkinson

Penelope

Charlie MacGechan

Charlie MacGechan

Alex

Rory Nolan

Rory Nolan

Jason

Sion Tudor Owen

Sion Tudor Owen

Caronte

Adam Quintero

Adam Quintero

Jimmy

Court is in session

Put The Girl from the Song on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.