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Eight

2016 · 112 min

A slow, somber plunge into despair, weaving separate lives into a heavy meditation on choice and mortality.

Directed by
Alexander Shapiro
Genres
Drama
Starring
Darya Ekamasova, Vladimir Steklov, Denis Rozhkov
Tagline
When everything…
Overview
Six novellas present eight people who resolve to commit suicide. The stories interweave moments from disparate lives, each born of despair and urgent choice.

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Directed by
Alexander Shapiro
Genres
Drama
Starring
Darya Ekamasova, Vladimir Steklov, Denis Rozhkov
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How it feels

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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 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
  • death
  • isolation
  • grief
  • identity
  • fate
Places
None
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror2
Humour1
Realism7
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness9
Complexity8
Emotional weight9

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Genres
drama
Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
Darya Ekamasova, Vladimir Steklov, Denis Rozhkov, Oleksandr Kobzar, Nikita Panfilov, Mikhail Khimichev
Runtime
112 min
Country
Russia, Ukraine
Languages
Russian

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