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The Hunchback

2016 · 30 min

A strange, deadpan fever dream that mixes corporate satire with medieval pageantry, leaving you unsettled and amused in equal measure.

Directed by: Ben Rivers, Gabriel Abrantes
Genres: Comedy, Science fiction
Starring: Carloto Cotta, Celia Williams, Gustavo Sumpta

Overview: A delirious sci-fi riff on the Arabian Nights' 'Tale of the Hunchback', that submerges us in a technological dystopia reigned by Dalaya.com, a mega-corporation that forces its employees to 'relax' at company-run medieval reenactments.

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Directed by: Ben Rivers, Gabriel Abrantes
Genres: Comedy, Science fiction
Starring: Carloto Cotta, Celia Williams, Gustavo Sumpta

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Tone: absurdstrength 3 of 3
satiricalstrength 3 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: technology
work
power
identity
madness
Places: workplace
fantasy world
Era: near-future
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	3
Humour	6
Realism	3
Romance	1
Tension	4
Darkness	6
Complexity	8
Emotional weight	4

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Genres: comedy, science fiction
Directed by: Ben Rivers, Gabriel Abrantes
Written by: Gabriel Abrantes, Ben Rivers
Starring: Carloto Cotta, Celia Williams, Gustavo Sumpta, Norman MacCallum, Maya Booth, Jonathan Weightman, Randolph Albright, Mariana Mourato
Cinematography: Jorge Quintela
Runtime: 30 min
Country: France, Portugal
Languages: English

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