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Municipal

2025 · 29 min

A patient, observational sit that turns office routine into texture, rewarding close attention with quiet atmosphere rather than event.

Overview
Confined within the rooms of a municipal building in Izamal, Mexico, the film traces the material reality of a local bureaucracy, documenting the unending routines of its workers as they operate under the habitual weight of daily processes.

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How it feels

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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
    • isolation
    • power
    Places
    • workplace
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • documentary
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action0
    Horror0
    Humour1
    Realism10
    Romance0
    Tension2
    Darkness3
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight4

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    Details

    Directed by
    Nathan Rickard
    Starring
    Palacio Municipal Izamal
    Runtime
    29 min
    Languages
    Spanish

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