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The Heart That Told Too Much

2013 · 37 min

A slow, unsettling plunge into a fractured mind, where calm confession hides a disturbing inner world.

Directed by
Paulo Biscaia Filho
Starring
Cleydson Nascimento, Fátima Ortiz, Patrícia Cipriano
Overview
Evanildo is being held at the mental asylum for a very peculiar crime. He claims to hear better than anyone else, yet he appears to be calm and controlled. As he tells how he committed murder, we understand a little bit more about his soul.

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Directed by
Paulo Biscaia Filho
Starring
Cleydson Nascimento, Fátima Ortiz, Patrícia Cipriano
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • madness
  • guilt
  • isolation
  • obsession
  • death
Places
  • hospital
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • unreliable narrator
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror4
Humour2
Realism5
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight7

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Details

Directed by
Paulo Biscaia Filho
Written by
Paulo Biscaia Filho
Starring
Cleydson Nascimento, Fátima Ortiz, Patrícia Cipriano, Viviane Gazotto, Luiz Bertazzo, Wagner Corrêa
Runtime
37 min
Country
Brazil
Languages
Portuguese

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