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Pedro

2016 · 20 min

A quiet, intimate short that lingers on unspoken tension between a mother and her son, feeling like a slow, melancholic dawn.

Directed by: André Santos, Marco Leão
Genres: Drama
Starring: Filipe Abreu, Rita Durão, João Villas-Boas

Overview: Pedro gets home at dawn. Before the young boy falls asleep, his lonely mother drags him to the beach.

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Directed by: André Santos, Marco Leão
Genres: Drama
Starring: Filipe Abreu, Rita Durão, João Villas-Boas

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
isolation
identity
love
Places: big city
sea
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	1
Realism	8
Romance	2
Tension	4
Darkness	5
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama
Directed by: André Santos, Marco Leão
Written by: André Santos, Marco Leão
Starring: Filipe Abreu, Rita Durão, João Villas-Boas, Marcello Urgeghe
Music: Bruno Cardoso
Cinematography: Hugo Azevedo
Runtime: 20 min
Country: Portugal
Languages: Portuguese

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