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El puente

1951 · 51 min

A quiet, sincere documentary-drama that watches a rural community slowly pull together, leaving you with a calm sense of shared effort and hope.

Directed by: Amílcar Tirado
Genres: Documentary, Drama
Starring: Flavia Lugo, Matilde Colón Colón

Overview: The efforts of a community to build a bridge which would allow their children to go school during the rainy season.

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Directed by: Amílcar Tirado
Genres: Documentary, Drama
Starring: Flavia Lugo, Matilde Colón Colón

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Tone: earneststrength 3 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
upliftingstrength 2 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: family
education
survival
class
isolation
Places: countryside
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex none

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Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	1
Realism	9
Romance	0
Tension	2
Darkness	2
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: documentary, drama
Directed by: Amílcar Tirado
Written by: Amílcar Tirado, Edwin Rosskam
Starring: Flavia Lugo, Matilde Colón Colón
Runtime: 51 min
Country: Puerto Rico
Languages: Spanish

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