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The Other End

2016 · 92 min

An uncomfortable, quietly intimate drama about lonely people reaching for connection in ways that unsettle as much as they move you.

Directed by
Felipe Sholl
Genres
Drama
Starring
Karine Teles, Tom Karabachian, Denise Fraga
Overview
Diogo (17) has a little quirk: he likes to call his mother's female therapy patients and masturbate while listening to them on the phone. One of these patients is Angela (43), a woman who was just left by her husband When Diogo calls Angela, she thinks it's her husband calling. She starts having a relationship with the silence on the other end of the line. But when she finds out it's Diogo, she's disgusted. She's furious. But, most of all, she's attracted to this person who showed so much interest in her. The only person who called her every day. Diogo helps Angela see that she can have a new beginning and she shows him his way to independence. But they have to face a number of obstacles: There's the age difference, Diogo's mother, and, especially, his own path to adulthood.

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Directed by
Felipe Sholl
Genres
Drama
Starring
Karine Teles, Tom Karabachian, Denise Fraga
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    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • isolation
    • identity
    • coming-of-age
    • obsession
    • loneliness
    Places
    • big city
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex strong
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    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror1
    Humour2
    Realism8
    Romance5
    Tension4
    Darkness5
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight6

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Felipe Sholl
    Written by
    Felipe Sholl
    Starring
    Karine Teles, Tom Karabachian, Denise Fraga, Emílio de Mello, Anita Ferraz, Daniel Rangel, Manoela Dexheimer, Guilherme Guaral
    Runtime
    92 min
    Country
    Brazil
    Languages
    Portuguese

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