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Cold Coffee

2015 · 15 min

A quiet, tender slice of life that lingers on small details and the weight of sudden responsibility.

Directed by: Stéphanie Lansaque, François Leroy
Genres: Drama, Animation

Overview: A girl who lives in Saigon, Vietnam, has a mother who sells cold coffee, but after her mother's decease she has to leave school and take over the family business.

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Directed by: Stéphanie Lansaque, François Leroy
Genres: Drama, Animation

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 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: grief
family
work
coming-of-age
survival
Places: big city
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: animated
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex none

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Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	0
Horror	0
Humour	1
Realism	7
Romance	0
Tension	2
Darkness	4
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	6

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