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Root

2014 · 85 min

A quiet, contemplative journey through stark landscapes, more interested in inner histories than destinations.

Directed by: Matías Rojas Valencia
Genres: Drama
Starring: Eugenio Morales, Mercedes Mújica, Elsa Poblete

Overview: 26-year-old Amalia sets out on a voyage with nine-year-old Cristóbal through the remote landscapes of southern Chile with the intention of finding the boy's father. The search will turn into a journey through each of their personal histories.

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Directed by: Matías Rojas Valencia
Genres: Drama
Starring: Eugenio Morales, Mercedes Mújica, Elsa Poblete

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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: identity
family
memory
isolation
Places: countryside
road trip
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	1
Realism	8
Romance	1
Tension	3
Darkness	5
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Matías Rojas Valencia
Written by: Matías Rojas Valencia
Starring: Eugenio Morales, Mercedes Mújica, Elsa Poblete, Cristóbal Ruiz, Celia Uribe
Cinematography: Gabriela Larraín
Runtime: 85 min
Country: Chile
Languages: Spanish

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