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Cetaceans

2018 · 75 min

A gentle, offbeat drift through a woman's quiet unraveling, full of small absurdities and a lingering melancholy.

Directed by
Florencia Percia
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Elisa Carricajo, Rafael Spregelburd, Susana Pampín
Overview
Clara and Alejandro move into a new house. A few days later, he goes on a work trip and she is left alone, surrounded by moving boxes. That chaos makes her accept a series of random invitations that will take her away from the hermetic world she lives in.

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Directed by
Florencia Percia
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Elisa Carricajo, Rafael Spregelburd, Susana Pampín
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • identity
  • loneliness
  • family
  • friendship
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour6
Realism7
Romance3
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
Elisa Carricajo, Rafael Spregelburd, Susana Pampín, Esteban Bigliardi, Carla Crespo, Gabriela Ferrero, Claudia Cantero, Abián Vainstein
Cinematography
Lucio Bonelli
Runtime
75 min
Country
Argentina, Italy
Languages
Spanish, English, Italian

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