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Borobudur

2015 · 80 min

A quiet, drifting walk through unfamiliar streets that slowly pulls you into a stranger's inner change.

Directed by
Arnold Pasquier
Genres
Drama
Starring
Giuseppe Provinzano, Federico Urso, Andrea Sciascia
Overview
Federico is an architecture student of the University of Palermo. He spends his days walking around the new city looking for modern buildings to photograph and drawing some of their details. In his wandering he meets a guy, Borobudur, who will disclose him the doors of a new urban dimension of the city. In the wake of this magic encounter Federico will abandon his routine to plunge into a city undergoing constant transformation that will drive him towards a personal metamorphosis.

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Directed by
Arnold Pasquier
Genres
Drama
Starring
Giuseppe Provinzano, Federico Urso, Andrea Sciascia
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • isolation
  • art
  • friendship
  • coming-of-age
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
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
Realism7
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity7
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Arnold Pasquier
Written by
Arnold Pasquier
Starring
Giuseppe Provinzano, Federico Urso, Andrea Sciascia, Armaan Bhujun, Mario Trentanelli, Marco Ingrassia, Damiano Ottavio Bigi
Cinematography
Arnold Pasquier
Runtime
80 min
Country
France, Italy
Languages
Italian

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