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The Obscure Spring

2014 · 100 min

A quiet, sensual slow burn of longing and quiet desperation, where small gestures carry the weight of unspoken desire.

Directed by: Ernesto Contreras
Genres: Drama
Starring: Irene Azuela, José María Yázpik, Cecilia Suárez

Overview: Igor is a plumber; Pina serves coffee. It is winter and they both deeply desire each other, but they are not free. In trying to figure out how to realize their love, she decides to make a lion costume for her little son and he decides to buy a photocopying machine for his wife. Spring will come at last and with it the consummation of love, filling their lives with hope and sex.

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Directed by: Ernesto Contreras
Genres: Drama
Starring: Irene Azuela, José María Yázpik, Cecilia Suárez

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: love
betrayal
isolation
family
class
Places: big city
workplace
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex strong

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Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	7
Tension	5
Darkness	5
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Ernesto Contreras
Written by: Carlos Contreras
Starring: Irene Azuela, José María Yázpik, Cecilia Suárez, Hayden Meyenberg, Margarita Sanz, Fernando Becerril, Marianna Burelli, Flavio Medina
Music: Renato Del Real, Ramiro del Real
Cinematography: Tonatiuh Martínez
Runtime: 100 min
Country: Mexico
Languages: Spanish

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