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Paradox

2006 · 19 min

A claustrophobic two-hander that keeps you guessing, unsettling and ambiguous, with tension tightening as the truth stays just out of reach.

Directed by: Jeremy Haccoun
Genres: Thriller
Starring: Simon McLinden, Julian Agnew, George Tardios

Tagline: Truth lies at the top.
Overview: Two men are stranded at the bottom of a well. One, with a serious injury to his head, thinks his has fallen in is own back garden in present-day Britain. But the other tells him they are really prisoners in a medieval dungeon. Who is right, and where are they really?

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Directed by: Jeremy Haccoun
Genres: Thriller
Starring: Simon McLinden, Julian Agnew, George Tardios

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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
melancholicstrength 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: deception
isolation
identity
mystery
survival
Places: single country house
Era: timeless
Audience: teen
Form: single location
twist ending
unreliable narrator
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	2
Horror	4
Humour	2
Realism	5
Romance	0
Tension	8
Darkness	7
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: thriller
Directed by: Jeremy Haccoun
Written by: Jeremy Haccoun
Starring: Simon McLinden, Julian Agnew, George Tardios, Martin Wimbush, Phil Barley, Richard Stoker, Robert Gray, Robert Harley Wainwright
Runtime: 19 min
Country: United Kingdom
Languages: English, Latin

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