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Vespertine

2025 · 30 min

A tense, slow-burning reunion where old wounds surface under a desert sky, blending unease with moments of darkly alluring release.

Directed by: Lauri Levenfeld, Grace Wethor
Genres: Thriller
Starring: Brittany Ishibashi, Rena Sofer, Kate French

Overview: An assault on a top female entertainment lawyer fast-tracks a reunion for four long-lost friends; an unexpected offering from a desert flower turns daytime debauchery into an alluring exploration of unresolved stories at twilight.

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Directed by: Lauri Levenfeld, Grace Wethor
Genres: Thriller
Starring: Brittany Ishibashi, Rena Sofer, Kate French

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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
eeriestrength 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: trauma
friendship
betrayal
healing
identity
Places: single country house
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	2
Humour	3
Realism	7
Romance	2
Tension	7
Darkness	7
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: thriller
Directed by: Lauri Levenfeld, Grace Wethor
Written by: Lauri Levenfeld
Starring: Brittany Ishibashi, Rena Sofer, Kate French, Marquita Terry, Miyako, Anna Greene, Harley Grey, Sydney Veronica Lee
Runtime: 30 min
Country: United States of America

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