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Water for Elephants
Drama, Romance
In this captivating Depression-era melodrama, impetuous veterinary student Jacob Jankowski joins a celebrated circus as an animal caretaker but faces a wrenching dilemma when he's transfixed by angelic married performer Marlena.
View on IMDbAppeals to viewers who enjoy lush period melodramas with earnest romance, sympathetic animals, and emotional conflict between compassion and control.
- Tone
- romantic, melancholic, bittersweet
- Payoff
- swoon, catharsis
- Pacing
- steady
- Intensity
- moderate
- Structure
- linear
- Themes
- forbidden love, animal welfare, power abuse, class division, loyalty
- Setting
- Great Depression era, traveling circus and rural American towns
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