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El trompo

2005 · 15 min

A gentle, bittersweet slice of childhood memory amid communal hardship, quietly devastating in its simplicity.

Directed by
Alejandro Carreras, Gastón del Porto
Genres
Drama
Starring
Luciano Stizzoli, Juan José Abbat, Samuel Peralta
Overview
During the 2003 flood in the province of Santa Fe, a boy and his grandfather were taken to an evacuation center, where hundreds of families were waiting to return to their homes. The boy lived through unforgettable experiences. The only thing that mattered was friendship, love, and dreams... until the spinning top stopped.

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Directed by
Alejandro Carreras, Gastón del Porto
Genres
Drama
Starring
Luciano Stizzoli, Juan José Abbat, Samuel Peralta
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • family
  • survival
  • memory
  • love
Places
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Alejandro Carreras, Gastón del Porto
Written by
Gastón del Porto, Alejandro Carreras
Starring
Luciano Stizzoli, Juan José Abbat, Samuel Peralta, Lorenzo Carreras, Simón Callero, Stefanía Schafer, Federico Ide, Agustín Schafer
Cinematography
Alejandro Carreras, Gastón del Porto
Runtime
15 min
Country
Argentina
Languages
Spanish

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