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Sea Child

2015 · 8 min

A quiet, dreamlike drift through a girl's uneasy night, hushed and sad, with a lingering ache.

Directed by: Minha Kim
Genres: Animation, Drama

Overview: On the verge of becoming a woman Sora is woken by a nightmare and decides to follow a group of men into the city in the hope of finding her mom.

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Directed by: Minha Kim
Genres: Animation, Drama

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 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: grief
isolation
coming-of-age
family
loneliness
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	1
Horror	2
Humour	0
Realism	5
Romance	0
Tension	5
Darkness	6
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: animation, drama
Directed by: Minha Kim
Cinematography: Sverre Sørdal
Runtime: 8 min
Country: United Kingdom

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