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Orlando Vargas

2005 · 78 min

A quiet, uneasy drama of a watched man drifting toward the edge of things, patient and low-key.

Directed by: Juan Pittaluga
Genres: Drama
Starring: Aurélien Recoing, Elina Löwensohn, Diego Bernabe

Overview: In Uruguay, where he lives with his wife and son Thomas, Orlando Vargas suffers from pressure from the government. Permanently watched by a policeman, Orlando seems not to care about danger. He decides to leave with his family to go to Josefina, the last village by the sea before Brazil. There, things move faster: on the day of his arrival, Orlando fails to return home.

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Directed by: Juan Pittaluga
Genres: Drama
Starring: Aurélien Recoing, Elina Löwensohn, Diego Bernabe

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Tone
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
family
survival
Places: small town
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	2
Humour	1
Realism	7
Romance	2
Tension	5
Darkness	6
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Juan Pittaluga
Written by: Juan Pittaluga
Starring: Aurélien Recoing, Elina Löwensohn, Diego Bernabe, Héctor Guido, Ximena Decuadro, Rosa Simonelli
Cinematography: Crystel Fournier
Runtime: 78 min
Country: France, Uruguay
Languages: Spanish, French

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