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Mientras duermes

6 min

A quiet, uneasy six minutes that sits with you, intimate and faintly unsettling, like watching something private you shouldn't.

Directed by: Juan Pablo Hernandez Córdova
Genres: Thriller, Horror, Mystery
Starring: Emilio Arriagada, Alejandra Araya, Diego Varas

Overview: Franco writes a poem while Marta sleeps. Sitting in front of her, he remembers.

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Directed by: Juan Pablo Hernandez Córdova
Genres: Thriller, Horror, Mystery
Starring: Emilio Arriagada, Alejandra Araya, Diego Varas

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: memory
obsession
love
isolation
Places: home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	1
Horror	3
Humour	0
Realism	7
Romance	4
Tension	5
Darkness	6
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: thriller, horror, mystery
Directed by: Juan Pablo Hernandez Córdova
Written by: Juan Pablo Hernandez Córdova
Starring: Emilio Arriagada, Alejandra Araya, Diego Varas
Cinematography: Juan Carlos Palma
Runtime: 6 min
Languages: Spanish

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