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A ningún lado

2014 · 9 min

A quiet, sorrowful farewell that lingers on the ache of leaving home and the friends you cannot take with you.

Directed by
Guillermo Alejandro Vázquez
Genres
Drama
Starring
Ricardo Arias, Iván Acosta Dos Santos, Miladys Adorno
Overview
Ignacio must move from Puerto Rico to the continental US; this means leaving his best friends behind. The short presents us with a compassionate point of view of the desolated world of contemporary Puerto Rican youth in a country without hope.

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Directed by
Guillermo Alejandro Vázquez
Genres
Drama
Starring
Ricardo Arias, Iván Acosta Dos Santos, Miladys Adorno
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How it feels

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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • friendship
    • isolation
    • immigration
    • coming-of-age
    Places
    • small town
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    teen
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror1
    Humour1
    Realism8
    Romance1
    Tension3
    Darkness6
    Complexity4
    Emotional weight7

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Guillermo Alejandro Vázquez
    Written by
    Guillermo Alejandro Vázquez
    Starring
    Ricardo Arias, Iván Acosta Dos Santos, Miladys Adorno, Alexander Medina, Denis Soto
    Cinematography
    Mackenzie Mathis
    Runtime
    9 min
    Country
    Puerto Rico
    Languages
    Spanish

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