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Contactos

1970 · 70 min

A quiet, austere chamber piece that watches two lonely people circle each other with restrained longing and everyday awkwardness.

Overview
A man and a woman living in the same pension, but different rooms, grow intimate behind the landlady's back.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 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
  • love
  • isolation
  • class
  • identity
Places
  • home
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror0
Humour1
Realism8
Romance5
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Paulino Viota
Written by
Santos Zunzunegui, Javier Vega
Starring
Guadalupe Güemes, Eka García, José Miguel Gándara, Camino Gárriz, Andrés Rodríguez, José Ángel Rebolledo
Cinematography
Ramón Saldías
Runtime
70 min
Country
Spain
Languages
Spanish

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