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Plancton

2025 · 22 min

A quiet, tender short that watches a guarded man slowly thaw, with gentle emotional pressure and a soft romantic ache.

Directed by: Irene Moray
Genres: Drama
Starring: Clara Sans, Malcolm McCarthy, Vidda Priego

Overview: Joel, hardened into stone, hiding his feelings for so long. With the return of an old love, cracks start to bloom in his armor.

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Directed by: Irene Moray
Genres: Drama
Starring: Clara Sans, Malcolm McCarthy, Vidda Priego

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 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: love
identity
isolation
healing
Places: None
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	6
Tension	3
Darkness	4
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Irene Moray
Written by: Irene Moray
Starring: Clara Sans, Malcolm McCarthy, Vidda Priego, Juan Ramos Albarral, Eva Daniel Bellalta, Antonio Garcia Bustos, Juan Manuel Calero, Carlota Durà
Music: Irene Moray
Cinematography: Núria Gascón Bartomeu
Runtime: 22 min
Country: France, Spain
Languages: Catalan

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