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Breath

2013 · 73 min

A hushed, meditative drift through dust and silence that rewards patience with a slow sense of wonder.

Directed by: Marcos Pimentel
Genres: Documentary

Overview: Breath is a creative documentary about human existence and the mysteries of life and death, seen in the everyday life of a small village in the middle of nowhere, in the countryside of Brazil, where families have lived for years, almost completely isolated from contact with the outside world. Wind, dust, mountains, silence and time… Man and nature live together there in both harmony and conflict, amidst what is and what could be, in the vastness of a landscape grander than vision can grasp.

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Directed by: Marcos Pimentel
Genres: Documentary

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
nature
death
aging
survival
Places: countryside
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	1
Horror	1
Humour	1
Realism	9
Romance	1
Tension	3
Darkness	5
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	7

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