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Special Effects

2011 · 76 min

A wry, low-key backstage comedy that watches a small production quietly fall apart, amusing more than it stings.

Overview
About the making of a film and how it fails thanks to a young, egocentric and ambitious director.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • ambition
  • art
  • obsession
  • identity
  • betrayal
Places
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • mockumentary
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour6
Realism7
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Bernardo Quesney
Written by
Bernardo Quesney
Starring
Bernardo Quesney, Paulo Paulista, Paola Lattus, Fernanda Toledo
Cinematography
Nicolás Durán
Runtime
76 min
Country
Chile
Languages
Spanish

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