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Short film

Roxanne

2014 · 14 min

A quiet, chilly slice of life that lingers on loneliness and an unexpected act of care, leaving a heavy, tender ache.

Directed by
Paul Frankl
Genres
Drama
Overview
A cold and isolated transgender sex worker takes in a young girl who has been abandoned by her mother, and her life is thrown into question.
How it feels
Bleak, melancholic, tense and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About
Isolation, identity, parenthood, survival
Content
Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
Note
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Directed by
Paul Frankl
Genres
Drama
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Places
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour1
Realism8
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Paul Frankl
Written by
Paul Frankl
Starring
Miss Cairo, Stanley J. Browne, Dave MacRae
Music
Raffertie
Cinematography
Rina Yang
Runtime
14 min
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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