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Cabedal

1982 · 11 min

A quiet, dreamlike short that drifts between exhaustion and quiet obsession, asking patience more than offering easy answers.

Directed by
Pedro Merege Filho
Overview
A worker, tired from another day's work, has a vision in the middle of the night: a large piece of leather is waiting for him, buried somewhere.

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Directed by
Pedro Merege Filho
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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • work
    • obsession
    • isolation
    Places
    None
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror3
    Humour1
    Realism6
    Romance0
    Tension4
    Darkness5
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight5

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    Directed by
    Pedro Merege Filho
    Runtime
    11 min
    Languages
    Portuguese

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