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The Night

1999 · 6 min

A short, quiet, animated mood piece that wraps you in a child's loneliness and the heavy dark of night.

Overview
It's the story of a child and her mother, two lives that don't communicate with each other. Is that loneliness that sometimes reaches the size of the night. Dark is the night. Dark is the mother. And dark becomes the entire Universe when you are alone and abandoned.

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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
    • isolation
    • loneliness
    • family
    • parenthood
    Places
    • home
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • animated
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action0
    Horror2
    Humour0
    Realism5
    Romance0
    Tension3
    Darkness7
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight8

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    Details

    Genres
    animation, drama
    Directed by
    Regina Pessoa
    Written by
    Regina Pessoa, Yann thual
    Starring
    Maria Póvoa da Cruz
    Runtime
    6 min
    Country
    Portugal
    Languages
    Portuguese

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