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Poor Mother

1906 · 6 min

A short, sombre plunge into a mother's grief, played with raw silent-era intensity and a haunting, dreamlike turn.

Directed by
Albert Capellani
Genres
Drama
Overview
A woman loses her only child. She turns to drink and begins to hallucinate an image of her beloved child.
How it feels
Bleak, melancholic, dark and eerie. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About
Grief, addiction, madness, death
Content
Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
Note
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Directed by
Albert Capellani
Genres
Drama
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
Places
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror3
Humour0
Realism6
Romance0
Tension4
Darkness8
Complexity2
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Albert Capellani
Starring
André Heuzé
Runtime
6 min
Country
France
Languages
No Language

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