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2014 · 99 min

A quiet, somber procedural that lingers on unclaimed remains and blurred photographs, asking you to sit with absence and the slow work of memory.

Directed by
Héctor Gálvez
Genres
Drama
Starring
Paul Vega, Antonieta Pari, Isabel Gaona
Overview
The remains of a male body that disappeared during the years of political violence have been exhumed, but nobody claims them. Now the only clue to his identify is the picture of a smiling girl found in his shirt pocket. Only a blurred photograph, a snapshot of a time and a memory…

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Directed by
Héctor Gálvez
Genres
Drama
Starring
Paul Vega, Antonieta Pari, Isabel Gaona
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 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
  • memory
  • identity
  • grief
  • violence
  • justice
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour1
Realism9
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Genres
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Starring
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Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
99 min
Country
Colombia, France, Germany, Peru
Languages
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