Short film

Quadraturin

2017 · 18 min

A claustrophobic, eerie fable that slowly tightens around you, mixing mundane Soviet gloom with unsettling fantasy.

Overview: Sutulin, a young ordinary man living in a tiny room in a communal Soviet apartment, is visited by a mysterious stranger who offers him an opportunity to try out 'Quadraturin' - a miracle product that promises to enlarge interior spaces. Sutulin takes up the offer - with surprising consequences.
How it feels: Eerie, bleak, tense and satirical. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Isolation, obsession, greed, identity
Content: Mild violence, gore and language. No sexual content.
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Tone: eeriestrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 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
obsession
greed
identity
survival
Places: home
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none