Short film

The Spectacle

2025 · 17 min

A quiet, lingering short that watches hope curdle into disappointment, leaving a soft ache long after it ends.

Directed by: Bálint Kenyeres
Genres: Drama
Starring: Vilmos Jónás, Jolika Oláh Józsefné, Soma Sándor

Overview: A young Roma boy is lifted into the light, only to find it fades in an unexpected way.

Your rating is saved. See your suggestions, or find titles like this one below.

Rate it, and Mesmero finds titles that feel like it. You do not need an account.

Search YouTube for a trailer

In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.

Directed by: Bálint Kenyeres
Genres: Drama
Starring: Vilmos Jónás, Jolika Oláh Józsefné, Soma Sándor

In your watch list

How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 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: identity
class
race
coming-of-age
betrayal
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
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	1
Horror	1
Humour	1
Realism	8
Romance	1
Tension	4
Darkness	6
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	7

Titles like The Spectacle

Short film

Djaambi

2021

A brief, earnest plunge into a young person's inner world, carrying a quiet ache that lingers after its short runtime.

Melancholic, earnest · about identity and race

Via: melancholic
earnest
identity
race
Pacing: measured
Attention: engaged
Runtime: 8 min

Details

DjaambiHidden from your suggestions.

Movie

Anarchy Girls

2010

A quiet, uneasy drift through unfamiliar streets, watching innocence brush against a city's colder, hidden edges.

Melancholic, earnest, slow-burn · about identity and class

Via: melancholic
earnest
identity
class
Pacing: slow-burn
Attention: engaged
Runtime: 90 min

Details

Anarchy GirlsHidden from your suggestions.

Short film

My 2007

2026

A quiet, uneasy coming-of-age short that lingers on awkward longing and small-town suffocation, building toward painful reckonings.

Melancholic, earnest · about identity and coming-of-age

Via: melancholic
earnest
identity
coming-of-age
Pacing: measured
Attention: engaged
Runtime: 28 min

Details

My 2007Hidden from your suggestions.

Movie

Four Corners

2026

A quiet, observant coming-of-age drama that sits with a girl as she starts to see her world differently.

Melancholic, earnest, slow-burn · about identity and class

Via: melancholic
earnest
identity
class
Pacing: slow-burn
Attention: engaged

Details

Four CornersHidden from your suggestions.

Short film

Womb

2025

A quiet, emotionally charged short that immerses you in a child's fragile hope amid a tense custody fight.

Melancholic, earnest · about identity and class

Via: melancholic
earnest
identity
class
Pacing: measured
Attention: engaged
Runtime: 15 min

Details

WombHidden from your suggestions.

Short film

Henry

2021

A quiet, observant short that lingers on longing and inequality, moving slowly toward a tender, unresolved ache.

Melancholic, earnest, slow-burn · about identity and class

Via: melancholic
earnest
identity
class
Pacing: slow-burn
Attention: engaged
Runtime: 20 min

Details

HenryHidden from your suggestions.

Short film

Home

2025

A quiet, heavy short that sits with you, tracing old wounds with tender restraint.

Melancholic, slow-burn · about identity

Via: melancholic
identity
Pacing: slow-burn
Attention: engaged
Runtime: 13 min

Details

HomeHidden from your suggestions.

Movie

I Matter

2026

A slow, heartfelt coming-of-age story that weighs hope against hardship, asking you to sit with a young woman's difficult choices.

Melancholic, earnest, slow-burn · about identity and class

Via: melancholic
earnest
identity
class
Pacing: slow-burn
Attention: engaged
Runtime: 116 min

Details

I MatterHidden from your suggestions.

Short film

The Egotist

2026

A quiet, talky slice of life that drifts through conversations, leaving a lingering ache of uncertainty and self-scrutiny.

Melancholic, earnest, slow-burn · about identity and class

Via: melancholic
earnest
identity
class
Pacing: slow-burn
Attention: engaged
Runtime: 18 min

Details

The EgotistHidden from your suggestions.

Short film

JANUARY

2025

A quiet, wistful drift through coastal light and longing, more mood than plot, asking you to sit with a young man's ache to belong.

Melancholic, earnest, slow-burn · about identity and coming-of-age

Via: melancholic
earnest
identity
coming-of-age
Pacing: slow-burn
Attention: engaged
Runtime: 21 min

Details

JANUARYHidden from your suggestions.

Short film

Jacaré

2025

A quiet, sunlit coming-of-age short that lingers on small moments of curiosity and change, feeling intimate and true to life.

Earnest · about identity and class

Via: earnest
identity
class
Pacing: measured
Attention: engaged
Runtime: 17 min

Details

JacaréHidden from your suggestions.

Movie

A Poet

2025

A quiet, bittersweet character study that drifts between wry humour and sadness, asking patience as it watches a faded dreamer and a gifted girl.

Melancholic, earnest, slow-burn · about identity and class

Via: melancholic
earnest
identity
class
Pacing: slow-burn
Attention: engaged
Runtime: 123 min

Details

A PoetHidden from your suggestions.

Where to watch in the UK

No UK streaming, rental or purchase options are known.

Streaming data from JustWatch.TMDB

Details

Genres: drama
Directed by: Bálint Kenyeres
Written by: Bálint Kenyeres
Starring: Vilmos Jónás, Jolika Oláh Józsefné, Soma Sándor, Tímea Udvari-Kardos, Gábor Váradi, Izidóra Rafael, Laura Rafael, Zsannet Vidák
Runtime: 17 min
Country: Hungary, France
Languages: Hungarian

TMDB IMDb

Something wrong on this page? Tell us.

The Spectacle

How it feels

More like this

Titles like The Spectacle

Where to watch in the UK

Details