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Lucia

2011 · 80 min

A quiet, observational portrait of daily life that unfolds slowly, leaving a lingering sense of melancholy and resilience.

Directed by: Niles Atallah
Genres: Drama
Starring: Gabriela Aguilera, Gregory Cohen, Eduardo Barril

Overview: Lucía is a young woman who works as a seamstress in a factory and lives with her father in an old house in Santiago, Chile. The film occurs in December 2006 during the weeks that take place from the ex-dictator Pinochet’s funeral to Christmas Eve. Through the simple observation of Lucía’s daily life, the spectator is allowed access into a hidden and neglected world of a generation of Chileans striving to recover from the military dictatorship.

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Directed by: Niles Atallah
Genres: Drama
Starring: Gabriela Aguilera, Gregory Cohen, Eduardo Barril

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
grief
memory
family
class
Places: big city
home
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Humour	1
Realism	9
Romance	1
Tension	2
Darkness	5
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Niles Atallah
Written by: Niles Atallah
Starring: Gabriela Aguilera, Gregory Cohen, Eduardo Barril, Francisca Bernardi, Esperanza Silva, Andrés Kalawski, Julia Cintolesi, Martín Kalawski
Cinematography: Niles Atallah
Runtime: 80 min
Country: Chile
Languages: Spanish

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