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Laurita

2009 · 20 min

A quiet, observant slice of summer where small moments and unspoken tensions carry more weight than any plot.

Directed by
Roney Freitas
Genres
Drama
Starring
Helena Gullo Barcellos, Ana Andreatta, Bete Correia
Overview
Laura and her mother are spending their vacation on the seashore, in Sao Paulo, at a middle-class beach house. Laura's adolescent body is changing but not in harmony with her coming of age. She's less bothered by that than the situation the two of them find themselves in.

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Directed by
Roney Freitas
Genres
Drama
Starring
Helena Gullo Barcellos, Ana Andreatta, Bete Correia
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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • coming-of-age
    • family
    • identity
    Places
    • sea
    • 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
    Action0
    Horror1
    Humour1
    Realism8
    Romance1
    Tension3
    Darkness4
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight6

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Roney Freitas
    Written by
    Roney Freitas
    Starring
    Helena Gullo Barcellos, Ana Andreatta, Bete Correia, Felipe de Abreu, Fernanda Donnabella, Weber Fonseca, Liana Poiani, Heloísa Reis Miranda
    Cinematography
    André Luiz de Luiz
    Runtime
    20 min
    Country
    Brazil
    Languages
    Portuguese

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