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Political Animal

2017 · 75 min

A quietly surreal character study that blends everyday routine with a strange, satirical twist, asking you to look closer at what seems normal.

Directed by
Tião
Genres
Drama
Starring
Rodrigo Bolzan, Elisa Heidrich, Victor Laet
Overview
She has everything her heart desires. She's popular, loves shopping, comes from a loving family. She plays volleyball and afterwards has a smoke with girlfriends. Sports club, barbecue, hairdresser: her life is perfect. There’s only one thing that makes her stand out: she is a cow.

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Directed by
Tião
Genres
Drama
Starring
Rodrigo Bolzan, Elisa Heidrich, Victor Laet
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • class
  • gender
  • isolation
Places
  • small town
  • suburbs
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour5
Realism3
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Tião
Written by
Tião
Starring
Rodrigo Bolzan, Elisa Heidrich, Victor Laet, Mário Sergio Cabral, Isabel Novaes
Cinematography
Gustavo Jahn, Marcelo Lordello
Runtime
75 min
Country
Brazil
Languages
Portuguese

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