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Bad Shelter

1986 · 83 min

A quiet, downbeat meditation on hardship and recurring violence that asks patience and leaves a heavy, somber impression.

Directed by
Alberto Durant
Genres
Drama
Starring
Charo Verástegui, Luis Álvarez, Ricardo Blume
Overview
A meditation on violence and its recurrence in time. It shows circumstances that make vagrants unable to make their life better. They try to survive, albeit not sheltered correctly.

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Directed by
Alberto Durant
Genres
Drama
Starring
Charo Verástegui, Luis Álvarez, Ricardo Blume
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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • violence
    • survival
    • class
    • isolation
    Places
    • big city
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror1
    Humour0
    Realism8
    Romance0
    Tension4
    Darkness7
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight7

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Alberto Durant
    Written by
    Alberto Durant
    Starring
    Charo Verástegui, Luis Álvarez, Ricardo Blume, Ricardo Velásquez, José María Salcedo, Annia Linares, Félix Álvarez, Ramón García
    Cinematography
    Mario García Joya
    Runtime
    83 min
    Country
    Peru
    Languages
    Spanish

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