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Harm

2015 · 52 min

A quiet, emotionally raw documentary that sits with pain and invites you to witness without looking away.

Directed by: Dénes Nagy
Genres: Documentary

Overview: Harm means deliberate self-injuring in our poetic documentary, which follows three brave and emotionally capturing characters who are ready to unfold their unsettled past with the risk of discovering something painful on the way.

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Directed by: Dénes Nagy
Genres: Documentary

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 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: trauma
isolation
identity
healing
memory
Places: None
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	0
Horror	2
Humour	0
Realism	9
Romance	0
Tension	4
Darkness	8
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	9

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