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The Foreigner

2010 · 18 min

A quiet, searching drift through a foreign city, guided by old letters and memory rather than plot.

Directed by
Ivo M. Ferreira
Overview
A character searches, in Macau, for a friend who lived there fifteen years before. Assisted by the letters written to him by his friend, he will reconstitute his past steps, trying to find him.

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Directed by
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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
    • memory
    • isolation
    • friendship
    Places
    • big city
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror1
    Humour1
    Realism7
    Romance1
    Tension3
    Darkness4
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight5

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    Details

    Directed by
    Ivo M. Ferreira
    Written by
    Ivo M. Ferreira
    Runtime
    18 min
    Country
    Portugal
    Languages
    Portuguese

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