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Quarantine

2014 · 6 min

A tense, claustrophobic short that plays like a grim viral-outbreak nightmare, squeezing dread out of a tiny family's desperate scramble.

Directed by: Isaiah Seret
Starring: Isabelle Albuquerque

Overview: A couple and their young daughter fight to survive the breakout of the Simian Flu virus that has taken a heavy toll on the human population soon after the "Rise of the Planet of the Apes".

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Directed by: Isaiah Seret
Starring: Isabelle Albuquerque

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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: relentless, 4 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
family
isolation
death
Places: home
Era: near-future
Audience: teen
Form: found footage
single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex none

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Action	4
Horror	5
Humour	0
Realism	6
Romance	2
Tension	8
Darkness	7
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	6

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Directed by: Isaiah Seret
Written by: Brian Duffield
Starring: Isabelle Albuquerque
Runtime: 6 min
Languages: English

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