The Load
Year: 2023
Runtime: 16 mins
Language: Georgian
Director: Miranda Namicheishvili
The story follows 33‑year‑old Mate, who attempts to reach the United States by hiding in a wooden crate filled with soft toys aboard a ship leaving Turkey. Inside the cramped container he discovers two fellow stowaways—Ray, a refugee from the Congo, and Mohammed, a Tunisian migrant—each also seeking illegal passage.
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Timeline & Setting – The Load (2023)
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Main Characters – The Load (2023)
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Major Themes – The Load (2023)
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Explore Movie Threads
Discover curated groups of movies connected by mood, themes, and story style. Browse collections built around emotion, atmosphere, and narrative focus to easily find films that match what you feel like watching right now.
Movies about confined journeys like The Load
Forced proximity in tight spaces forges unexpected alliances during desperate journeys.If you liked the tense, confined journey in The Load, this thread features movies where characters are bound together in small spaces during desperate travel. Explore similar stories of survival and fragile human connection in transit, sharing a somber and reflective mood.
The Journey
2017
The Comfort of Strangers
1991
Between Strangers
2002
No Exit
2022
A Room Full of Nothing
2019
Blind Flight
2003
Inside Out
1986
Strange Weather
2017
I Think We're Alone Now
2018
The Incident
2014
The Sheltering Sky
1990
John and the Hole
2021
A Handful of Dust
2019
Alien Invasion: S.U.M.1
2017
Forever’s End
2013
Narrative Summary
The narrative follows a linear journey, but the real drama unfolds within the confined space as characters from different backgrounds navigate mutual suspicion, shared hardship, and the slow development of trust or understanding. The external journey's progress is mirrored by the internal shifts in the group's dynamic.
Why These Movies?
These films are grouped by their shared setting of a tight, moving space that acts as a pressure cooker for character relationships. They feature a somber, tense mood, slow pacing that allows for introspection, and a focus on the moral and emotional choices made in isolation.
Movies with heavy moral burdens like The Load
Stories where characters carry a heavy moral load, ending with a glimmer of hope.Fans of The Load's exploration of moral complicity will find similar stories here. This thread collects movies where characters bear a heavy psychological burden, often discovering a grim truth, leading to a bittersweet ending that balances despair with a fragile sense of hope or continuity.
The Sense of an Ending
2017
Never Said Goodbye
2016
Character
1997
Evening
2007
Osmanthus Alley
1987
The Bitter Orange
2007
The Sweet Hereafter
1997
Dark Illness
1990
Moonlight Mile
2002
All Summers End
2018
The Old Maid
1939
Dark Blue Almost Black
2006
Time Still Turns the Pages
2023
Ordinary People
1980
Imaginary Heroes
2004
Narrative Summary
A character, often an ordinary person, is drawn into a situation where they passively or actively enable a great wrong. The plot revolves around their growing awareness of their complicity and the emotional distance it creates. The ending typically acknowledges the horror but finds redemption in a small, personal act of resilience or the survival of innocence.
Why These Movies?
This thread connects films that share a profound emotional weight centered on moral ambiguity and complicity. They feature a melancholic tone, slow pacing for reflection, and a specific narrative arc that moves from ignorance to grim awareness, culminating in a bittersweet resolution rather than pure despair.
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