Short film

Broken

2011 · 25 min

A heavy, intimate portrait of a veteran's unraveling that keeps you tense and unsettled throughout.

Overview: Sarah is a young war veteran thrown back into civilian life with her brother Neil and his fiancee Hanna. With wounds both mental and physical, her emotional despondency and spiraling addictions begin to drive a wedge between the couple, as her violent past threatens to spill into her present....
How it feels: Bleak, dark, melancholic and tense. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Trauma, addiction, family, isolation
Content: Strong violence and language. Mild gore and sexual content.
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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: trauma
addiction
family
isolation
guilt
Places: home
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex mild