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Oratorio

2025 · 16 min

A quiet, aching portrait of long-held longing, steeped in ritual and melancholy, that builds to a painful, bittersweet climax.

Directed by
Elvira Sinelnik
Genres
Drama
Starring
Mariel Chledowska, Efim Arkhipov, Andrey Zhilin
Overview
Because of Mirel's unrequited love for Yura, she has not been able to fall in love with someone else for 11 years. Desperate to meet her love, she decides to become a nun. Mirel sings in the choir of the Catholic church, where Yura comes to arrange his wedding.

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Directed by
Elvira Sinelnik
Genres
Drama
Starring
Mariel Chledowska, Efim Arkhipov, Andrey Zhilin
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 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
  • obsession
  • love
  • faith
  • grief
  • isolation
Places
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance6
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Elvira Sinelnik
Written by
Natalia Voloshina
Starring
Mariel Chledowska, Efim Arkhipov, Andrey Zhilin, Olga Ryzhkova, Alexander Shchetinin
Cinematography
Baha Rei
Runtime
16 min
Country
Russia
Languages
Russian

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