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Chamaco

2010 · 90 min

A slow, humid night in a Havana park where strangers' lives quietly knot around one death.

Overview
When a young man is killed in Central Park in La Habana, a series of coincidences reveals that many of the night walkers that hang around the park are related to the crime.

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How it feels

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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • crime
    • deception
    • guilt
    • fate
    • violence
    Places
    • big city
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • ensemble
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action2
    Horror1
    Humour1
    Realism7
    Romance1
    Tension5
    Darkness6
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight6

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    Details

    Genres
    crime, drama
    Directed by
    Juan Carlos Cremata Malberti
    Written by
    Abel González Melo, Juan Carlos Cremata Malberti
    Starring
    Fidel Betancourt, Caleb Casas, Aramís Delgado, Laura Ramos, Luis Alberto García, Francisco Garcia, Alina Rodríguez, Alfredo Chang
    Runtime
    90 min
    Country
    Cuba, Spain
    Languages
    Spanish

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