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Late Season

2016 · 24 min

A quiet, drifting gaze through autumn leaves and passing strangers, asking patience more than offering story.

Directed by: Jean-Claude Rousseau

Overview: A journey to Kyoto. In late autumn, as the maple leaves turn red, city dwellers cross paths in the shaded walkways of the Imperial Park.

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Directed by: Jean-Claude Rousseau

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Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
memory
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex none

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Action	0
Horror	0
Humour	1
Realism	8
Romance	1
Tension	1
Darkness	2
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	3

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Directed by: Jean-Claude Rousseau
Runtime: 24 min
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

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