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Desire

2015 · 14 min

A dreamy, disorienting drift between performance and longing, blurring the line between actress and character in a quiet, aching way.

Overview
A silver screen actress drifts in and out of her character as she longs for the love of her co-star.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 1 of 3
  • tensestrength 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
  • identity
  • love
  • obsession
  • isolation
  • art
Places
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror2
Humour2
Realism6
Romance6
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Directed by
Hala Matar
Starring
Matthew Gray Gubler, Johnny Knoxville, Lydia Hearst, Joanna Janetakis, Darren Kendrick, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Cameron Moir, Josh Rachford
Cinematography
Autumn Durald Arkapaw
Runtime
14 min
Country
Bahrain, United States of America
Languages
English

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