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The Wasteland

2011 · 13 min

A quiet, intimate conversation on a beach that slowly reveals a heavy secret, leaving a lingering sense of melancholy and moral unease.

Directed by
Pascal Latil
Genres
Romance, Drama
Starring
Yoann Moëss, Adrien Stasiulis, Valérie Vogt
Overview
Two lovers talking on a beach in France. One hides the fact that he is in need of a heart transplant. He knows that someone has to die so that he may live. But to find out who it was that died so that he may live.

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Directed by
Pascal Latil
Genres
Romance, Drama
Starring
Yoann Moëss, Adrien Stasiulis, Valérie Vogt
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • death
  • guilt
  • identity
  • sexuality
Places
  • sea
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror1
Humour1
Realism8
Romance6
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
romance, drama
Directed by
Pascal Latil
Written by
Pascal Latil
Starring
Yoann Moëss, Adrien Stasiulis, Valérie Vogt, Leïka Bakhtiar
Cinematography
Guillaume Duchemin
Runtime
13 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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