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Vânătoare

2017 · 75 min

A cold, patient slice of life that immerses you in the bleak routine of survival with quiet, unrelenting realism.

Directed by: Alexandra Bălteanu
Genres: Drama
Starring: Iulia Lumânare, Corina Moise, Iulia Ciochină

Overview: An ordinary day in Romania. Under a highway exit close to Bucharest, Lidia and Denisa are changing their clothes; warm pullovers and sneakers are exchanged for tight tops and heels. The two are then waiting for clients, an icy wind gusting around their ears.

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Directed by: Alexandra Bălteanu
Genres: Drama
Starring: Iulia Lumânare, Corina Moise, Iulia Ciochină

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Tone: bleakstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 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: survival
isolation
class
work
gender
Places: road trip
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	1
Horror	1
Humour	1
Realism	9
Romance	0
Tension	5
Darkness	7
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Alexandra Bălteanu
Written by: Alexandra Bălteanu, Xandra Popescu
Starring: Iulia Lumânare, Corina Moise, Iulia Ciochină, Sergiu Costache, Dragoş Olaru
Cinematography: Matan Radin
Runtime: 75 min
Country: Germany
Languages: Romanian

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