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Taekwondo

2016 · 105 min

Lazy summer days drift by in warm, sunlit closeness, with quiet glances and unspoken longing simmering beneath easy male camaraderie.

Overview
Fernando is on vacation with his friends at a country house in Ezeiza. They relax by the pool, drink, smoke, and reveal their deepest secrets while displaying a playful freedom, as if they were children at summer camp.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 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
  • identity
  • sexuality
  • friendship
  • love
  • isolation
Places
  • single country house
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour4
Realism8
Romance5
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
drama, romance, comedy
Directed by
Martín Farina, Marco Berger
Written by
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Starring
Gabriel Epstein, Lucas Papa, Francisco Bertín, Gaston Re, Juan Manuel Martino, Darío Miño, Nicolás Barsoff, Andrés Gavaldá
Runtime
105 min
Country
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Languages
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