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Medusae

2017 · 87 min

A quiet, unsettling descent into a mother's dread, heavy with atmosphere and slow-building unease.

Directed by
Pamela Miras
Genres
Drama
Starring
Desiree del Valle, Carl Palaganas
Overview
A documentarist’s son goes missing when she films a story on the disappearances of the firstborns in a remote island.

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Directed by
Pamela Miras
Genres
Drama
Starring
Desiree del Valle, Carl Palaganas
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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 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
  • mystery
  • isolation
  • parenthood
  • fate
Places
  • countryside
  • sea
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror4
Humour1
Realism7
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Pamela Miras
Starring
Desiree del Valle, Carl Palaganas
Cinematography
Albert Banzon
Runtime
87 min
Country
Philippines
Languages
Tagalog

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