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El premio flaco

2009 · 104 min

A gentle, comic slice of life where small hopes and everyday hustle carry a warm, bittersweet charm.

Overview
Iluminada lives a poor life but her luck turns around when she wins a prize from a Rina brand soap.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • class
  • family
  • ambition
  • identity
  • greed
Places
  • small town
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour6
Realism7
Romance3
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Details

Directed by
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Starring
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