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Short film

Crying Underwater

2002 · 17 min

A quiet, drifting puzzle of lonely travelers in a vast airport, more mood than story, asking you to float along with it.

Directed by
Alicia Scherson
Genres
Mystery
Overview
The Cell Phone Girl, The Reading Man, The Depressed Pilot and The Silent Girl wander around, inside and above O'Hare International Airport, all trying to understand how it is possible to remain in the air when one is as heavy as a plane.
How it feels
Melancholic, eerie and whimsical. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About
Isolation, loneliness, identity, memory
Content
Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
Note
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Directed by
Alicia Scherson
Genres
Mystery
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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
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour2
Realism5
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity7
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
mystery
Directed by
Alicia Scherson
Written by
Alicia Scherson
Starring
Joseph Costa, Sophia Chai, Rado Sivak, Anna Ura
Runtime
17 min
Country
Chile, United States of America
Languages
English

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