Yes. More sad than 82% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Jonah easy watching?

Somewhat. More comforting than 67% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does Jonah end with hope?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Jonah

Name: Jonah
Genre: Fantasy
Released: 2013
Duration: 17 min
Rating: 5.6
Cast: Daniel Kaluuya, Malachi Kirby, Louis Mahoney

When two young men photograph a gigantic fish leaping from the sea, their small town becomes a tourist attraction in this story about the old and the new.

Directed by Kibwe Tavares

Produced by Factory Fifteen, Jellyfish Pictures

201317 min5.6 / 10

A visually stunning, allegorical tale set in Tanzania that uses a mythic fish encounter to explore themes of ambition, disillusionment, aging, and the collision between tradition and modernity.

Mbwana and his best friend Juma are two young men with big dreams. These dreams become reality when they photograph a gigantic fish leaping out of the sea and their small town blossoms into a tourist hot-spot as a result. But for Mbwana, the reality isn't what he dreamed – and when he meets the fish again, both of them forgotten, ruined and old, he decides only one of them can survive. Jonah is a big fish story about the old and the new, and the links and the distances between them. A visual feast, shot though with humour and warmth, it tells an old story in a completely new way.

Clusters

Quirky Characters Finding Purpose Middle East and Africa Myth and Storytelling Giant Monster Movies

Genres

Fantasy

Keywords

Tanzania Zanzibar Gigantic Fish Big Fish Story

Questions people ask

Is Jonah sad? Yes. More sad than 82% of films.
Is Jonah easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 67% of films.
Is Jonah scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.
Does Jonah end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
Is Jonah violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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