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Minsk Girl

2002 · 7 min

A brief, hypnotic montage of faces that feels like flipping through a stranger's photo album set to music.

Directed by
Anna Thew
Genres
Documentary
Overview
Over 200 women smile into a Super 8 camera in Minsk. A portrait film with pop music and the Belarusian language as a soundtrack.

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Directed by
Anna Thew
Genres
Documentary
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • gender
  • memory
  • art
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • documentary
  • anthology
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror0
Humour2
Realism9
Romance1
Tension1
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
Anna Thew
Runtime
7 min
Country
Belarus, United Kingdom
Languages
Russian

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