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Anguish

2016 · 19 min

A short, heavy plunge into grief and isolation that leaves you unsettled and drained.

Directed by
Frederico Machado
Genres
Drama
Starring
Auro Juricie, Maria Ethel
Overview
A human market makes a man plunges into an abyss of no return. With no one to trust his grief, the man collapses in his pain.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Frederico Machado
Genres
Drama
Starring
Auro Juricie, Maria Ethel
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How it feels

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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 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
  • grief
  • isolation
  • death
  • corruption
  • loneliness
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror3
Humour0
Realism6
Romance0
Tension6
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
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Starring
Auro Juricie, Maria Ethel
Cinematography
Frederico Machado
Runtime
19 min
Country
Brazil
Languages
Portuguese

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