Short film

Tarântula

2015 · 20 min

A quiet, unsettling slow drift into a strange household where something feels wrong from the first frame.

Overview: In a distant mansion lives a religious and apparently incomplete family: a mother and her two daughters. Until the day which a new disturbing member comes to put things in their place.
How it feels: Eerie, dark, tense and bleak. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Isolation, family, faith, identity
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 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: isolation
family
faith
identity
madness
Places: single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Genres: mystery, horror
Directed by: Aly Muritiba, Marja Calafange
Written by: Aly Muritiba, Marja Calafange
Starring: Malu Zanetti Domingues, Luma Domingues Zanetti, Giuly Biancato, Ana Clara Fischer, Paulo Matos
Runtime: 20 min
Country: Brazil
Languages: Portuguese