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Expectations

2008 · 29 min

A quiet, heavy short that sits with a man's defeat, letting shame and exhaustion settle slowly over you.

Genres
Drama
Overview
Moussa attempts to cross the desert to escape his debts, only to return to his village defeated and dejected.
How it feels
Melancholic, bleak and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About
Grief, isolation, survival, guilt
Content
Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
Note
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
Places
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
Action2
Horror1
Humour1
Realism8
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Starring
Youssouf Djaoro, Mata Gabin
Runtime
29 min
Country
South Korea, Chad
Languages
Arabic, French

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