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Lions

2012 · 80 min

A slow, dreamlike drift through the woods with restless friends, more mood than plot, asking you to sink into its unease.

Directed by
Jazmín López
Genres
Drama, Adventure, Romance
Starring
Julia Volpato, Pablo Sigal, Macarena del Corro
Overview
Deep in the forest a group of five friends wander around like a lion herd. Lost in their word games, they play and seduce each other while going back and forth into adulthood territory, in a desperate search to avoid their already written story.

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Directed by
Jazmín López
Genres
Drama, Adventure, Romance
Starring
Julia Volpato, Pablo Sigal, Macarena del Corro
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • coming-of-age
  • identity
  • friendship
  • isolation
  • fate
Places
  • wilderness
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror2
Humour3
Realism7
Romance4
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity7
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, adventure, romance
Directed by
Jazmín López
Written by
Jazmín López
Starring
Julia Volpato, Pablo Sigal, Macarena del Corro, Diego Vegezzi, Tomas Mackinlay
Runtime
80 min
Country
Argentina
Languages
Spanish

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