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A Long Journey

1967 · 83 min

A quiet, neorealist wander through a poor city, seen through a child's grief and stubborn hope.

Directed by
Patricio Kaulen
Genres
Drama
Starring
Enrique Luis Kaulen Downey, Eliana Vidal, Fabio Zerpa
Overview
The death of his newborn brother will cause a child from the poor neighborhoods of Santiago to walk around the city with the lost cardboard wings that the dead baby lost after the wake, trying to return them to him with the illusion that his little brother can fly to heaven.

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Directed by
Patricio Kaulen
Genres
Drama
Starring
Enrique Luis Kaulen Downey, Eliana Vidal, Fabio Zerpa
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • family
  • isolation
  • faith
  • coming-of-age
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour1
Realism8
Romance0
Tension3
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Patricio Kaulen
Written by
Javier Rojas, Patricio Kaulen
Starring
Enrique Luis Kaulen Downey, Eliana Vidal, Fabio Zerpa, Rubén Ubeira, Emilio Gaete, Julio Tapia, Héctor Duvauchelle, Mario Lorca
Runtime
83 min
Country
Argentina, Chile
Languages
Spanish

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