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La Barberia

2019 · 104 min

A gentle, talky neighborhood drama that feels like sitting in a barbershop chair listening to people argue about home and money.

Directed by
Waddys Jáquez
Overview
Benny, the best North Manhattan barber, inherits a building. He must choose either to sell it (thus ending the history and dreams of an immigrant neighborhood) or keep the Barbershop, center of the community where everything can happen.
How it feels
Warm, earnest, melancholic and light. Measured and easy to follow.
About
Family, found family, identity, class
Content
Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
Note
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour4
Realism7
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Details

Directed by
Waddys Jáquez
Written by
Arí Maniel Cruz, David Maldonado
Cinematography
Luis Enrique Carrión
Runtime
104 min
Country
Dominican Republic
Languages
Spanish

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