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Dead Candi

2018 · 88 min

A slow, suffocating plunge into family resentment that builds to a jolt of violence and leaves you uneasy.

Overview
Lucas is a withdrawn young man with a deep desire to travel. However, he carries the responsibility of supporting his dysfunctional family in his consciousness. Enduring the rejection he feels for his unbridled, but outstanding younger brother and his accomplice mother obsessed with appearances, Luke's contradictory emotions explode into a violent crime.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 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
  • family
  • isolation
  • class
  • guilt
  • freedom
Places
  • big city
  • road trip
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour1
Realism8
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Eugenio Arteaga
Written by
Eugenio Arteaga, Andrés Vargas Henny, Iñaki Velásquez
Starring
Armin Felmer, Nicolás Durán, María Olga Matte, Cristóbal Gilmore, Benjamín Ruiz, Ignacia Goles, Pablo Ausensi, Javiera Villagrán
Music
Andrés Yáñez Fischer, Carlos Zúñiga
Cinematography
Javier Sanhueza
Runtime
88 min
Country
Chile
Languages
Spanish

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