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Rifle

2017 · 88 min

A slow, austere and quietly menacing rural drama that feels like a held breath before violence.

Directed by
Davi Pretto
Genres
Drama, Western
Starring
Dione Avila De Oliveira, Evaristo Pimentel Goularte, Francisco Fabrício Dutra dos Santos
Overview
Dione is a mysterious young man living with a family in a rural and remote place in the southern Brazilian plains. The quietness of the region is disturbed when a rich landowner tries to buy the small property where Dione and the family live.

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Directed by
Davi Pretto
Genres
Drama, Western
Starring
Dione Avila De Oliveira, Evaristo Pimentel Goularte, Francisco Fabrício Dutra dos Santos
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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • class
  • power
  • isolation
  • violence
  • family
Places
  • countryside
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour1
Realism8
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, western
Directed by
Davi Pretto
Written by
Richard Tavares, Davi Pretto
Starring
Dione Avila De Oliveira, Evaristo Pimentel Goularte, Francisco Fabrício Dutra dos Santos, Sofia Ferreira, Andressa Nogueira Goularte
Cinematography
Glauco Firpo
Runtime
88 min
Country
Brazil, Germany
Languages
Portuguese

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