Film and Discussion, "Tenet"

 By Nate Feldman

Yesterday, we began watching the film Tenet.  In the beginning of the film, the protagonist, or "the good guy of a story," is part of an operation to help an opera house under siege in Ukraine.  It turns out this was a test, and he is recruited by the "Tenet" organization to help prevent a third World War.  They have learned about weapons that use something called "inverted entropy."  In other words, they are able to move backwards in time.  

At first, he traces the weapons to an arms dealer in India, but it turns out it is really his wife who is the arms dealer.  She says the weapons really come from Andrei Sator in Russia.  So, the protagonist becomes close with Sator's wife in order to get to him.  

In this movie, the main character does a lot of daring things.  He goes into an opera house under attack to save the place.  He also climbs up the building in India to get information from the arms dealer.  

Key words:

1. protagonist: principal character of a story, often the "good guy"

2. inverted: upside down 

3. under siege: a place that is under attack

For discussion:

1. What is the bravest or most daring thing you have done?

2. How would you feel if things were "inverted," or could move backwards?