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The Night Watchman

2016 · 95 min

A slow, oppressive descent into an abandoned place where a man's fragile second chance curdles into dread.

Directed by: Miguel Ángel Jiménez
Genres: Drama, Thriller, Horror
Starring: Jimmy Shaw, Kimberley Tell, Matt Horan

Overview: Jack wants to prove to his wife Alma, that he is a new man after his drug abuse and time spend in prison. He is offered new job as a night watchman of an old mine complex, which he accepts without a question. What no one knows that the dark place holds a disturbing secret that will fill their lives with terror.

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Directed by: Miguel Ángel Jiménez
Genres: Drama, Thriller, Horror
Starring: Jimmy Shaw, Kimberley Tell, Matt Horan

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 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: addiction
redemption
guilt
isolation
survival
Places: workplace
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Humour	1
Realism	6
Romance	2
Tension	7
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Complexity	5
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Genres: drama, thriller, horror
Directed by: Miguel Ángel Jiménez
Written by: Pablo Aramendi, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Luis Moya
Starring: Jimmy Shaw, Kimberley Tell, Matt Horan, Denis Rafter, Antonio de la Cruz, Eneko Sagardoy, Gio Gabunia, Haritz Bisquert
Cinematography: Gorka Gómez Andreu
Runtime: 95 min
Country: Spain
Languages: Spanish

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