Short film
Small Town
2016 · 19 min
A quiet, contemplative short that lingers on a mother's dilemma and a child's dawning awareness, leaving a gentle ache.
- Directed by
- Diogo Costa Amarante
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Anabela Moreira, Carlos Conceição
- Overview
- When six-year-old Frederico finds out at school that people die when their hearts stop beating, he is unable to sleep that night. The next day, his mother asks the teacher once again: Must children always be told the truth? Always?
- How it feels
- Melancholic, earnest and tense. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
- About
- Parenthood, death, family, identity
- Content
- No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Diogo Costa Amarante
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Anabela Moreira, Carlos Conceição
