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Waiting for Cecilia

2016 · 14 min

A quiet, talk-heavy morning that asks patience and rewards attention with unspoken tension.

Directed by
Arthur Freitas
Genres
Drama
Starring
Áurea Baptista, Álvaro Rosacosta, Erê Carvalho Zimmer
Tagline
It's time to wake up now.
Overview
It's morning. Lisandra drinks coffee, Roberto reads the newspaper. The two old friends have issues to solve before Cecilia arrives.

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Directed by
Arthur Freitas
Genres
Drama
Starring
Áurea Baptista, Álvaro Rosacosta, Erê Carvalho Zimmer
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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • aging
    • friendship
    • memory
    Places
    • home
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action0
    Horror1
    Humour2
    Realism8
    Romance1
    Tension4
    Darkness4
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight5

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Arthur Freitas
    Written by
    Arthur Freitas
    Starring
    Áurea Baptista, Álvaro Rosacosta, Erê Carvalho Zimmer, Ariane Corrêa
    Cinematography
    Pedro Clezar
    Runtime
    14 min
    Country
    Brazil
    Languages
    Portuguese

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