# Orwell: 2+2=5 (2025)

> Raoul Peck’s urgent documentary portrait of George Orwell connects the writer’s warnings about propaganda and totalitarian power to the political anxieties of the present.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/1063096

## Facts

- Runtime: 119 min
- Genres: Documentary
- Director: Raoul Peck
- Cast: Damian Lewis, George Orwell, George W. Bush, Viktor Orbán, Colin Powell, Joseph Stalin, Malcolm X, Ernest Hemingway
- TMDB rating: 7.2/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27052428/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: dense
- Violence: none
- Mood: urgent, paranoid, intellectually serious, political discussion, literary study

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