Calamity, a Childhood of Martha Jane Cannary (2020) poster
2020 · animation · adventure · western

Calamity, a Childhood of Martha Jane Cannary

Directed by Rémi Chayé1h 22m2020
  • warm
  • brisk
  • redemptive

1863, a convoy in the American West, Martha Jane needs to learn how to take care of horses to drive the family wagon. Except she ends up wearing pants and cutting her hair. The scandal that its stark character provokes will force to face all the dangers in a gigantic and wild world where everything is possible.

Our read · Calamity, a Childhood of Martha Jane Cannary (2020) reads as a cosy, kinetic, grounded animation · adventure · western entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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Salomé BoulvenAlexandra LamyAlexis TomassianJochen HägeleLéonard Louf
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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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