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Accidental Passer-By

2013 · 80 min

A quiet, socially conscious drama that observes hardship with empathy, offering a slow and earnest look at poverty and small kindnesses.

Directed by
Jozo Patljak
Genres
Drama
Starring
Elizabeta Kukić, Igor Hamer, Josipa Patljak
Overview
A young man collects bottles from people's garbage and he is trying to find a way out of that situation. A middle-aged waitress will try to help him.

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Directed by
Jozo Patljak
Genres
Drama
Starring
Elizabeta Kukić, Igor Hamer, Josipa Patljak
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 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
  • politics
  • class
  • isolation
  • survival
  • work
Places
  • small town
  • workplace
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
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness5
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Jozo Patljak
Written by
Jozo Patljak
Starring
Elizabeta Kukić, Igor Hamer, Josipa Patljak, Neven Aljinović-Tot, Gordan Lopac
Runtime
80 min
Country
Croatia
Languages
Croatian

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