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Dilemma

2005 · 8 min

A brief, suspended moment stretched into quiet dread, forcing you to weigh an impossible choice in a frozen world.

Directed by: Boris Paval Conen
Genres: Fantasy
Starring: Marcel Hensema, Tanya Antonowycz, Jack Bontekoe

Overview: Just before a truck hits a ten-year-old boy everything comes to a standstill. A man who is witnessing the accident is the only one who can move in the frozen world and he discovers a way to save the life of the child. But in his attempt to alter the boy's fate he has to face a cruel dilemma...

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Directed by: Boris Paval Conen
Genres: Fantasy
Starring: Marcel Hensema, Tanya Antonowycz, Jack Bontekoe

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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 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: fate
morality
death
guilt
Places: road trip
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: single location
twist ending
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	2
Horror	2
Humour	0
Realism	3
Romance	0
Tension	8
Darkness	6
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: fantasy
Directed by: Boris Paval Conen
Starring: Marcel Hensema, Tanya Antonowycz, Jack Bontekoe, Herman Hafkamp, Tom van Seijen
Runtime: 8 min
Country: Netherlands

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