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Behavior

2014 · 108 min

A quiet, humane look at childhood hardship and a bond that quietly becomes the backbone of a life.

Directed by
Ernesto Daranas
Genres
Drama
Starring
Armando Valdés Freyre, Alina Rodríguez, Yuliet Cruz
Overview
Meet Chala, an eleven year-old boy with a hard life and strong respect for Carmela, his sixth grade teacher. The pair develops a solid bond, but after Carmela suffers an accident, things get complicated…

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Directed by
Ernesto Daranas
Genres
Drama
Starring
Armando Valdés Freyre, Alina Rodríguez, Yuliet Cruz
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • education
  • parenthood
  • politics
  • friendship
  • survival
Places
  • big city
  • school
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour3
Realism9
Romance0
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Ernesto Daranas
Written by
Ernesto Daranas
Starring
Armando Valdés Freyre, Alina Rodríguez, Yuliet Cruz, Silvia Águila, Armando Miguel Gómez, Idalmis Garc, Tomás Cao, Roque Moreno
Cinematography
Alejandro Pérez
Runtime
108 min
Country
Cuba
Languages
Spanish

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