Movie

Without Leon

2018 · 84 min

A quiet, intimate study of grief and fragile new bonds, unfolding with patience and emotional honesty.

Directed by: Mercedes Laborde
Genres: Drama
Starring: Lorena Vega, Malena Moiron, Julieta Vallina

Overview: Leon, Flavia’s partner for eight years, has died. As Flavia mourns her loss, she is also confused, overwhelmed by daily tasks and situations which make her feel fragile and incomplete. Her very life is an unknown. Lucia, Leon’s daughter by his former wife, barges into Flavia’s life in search of the father gure who is no longer around. Her encounters with the child confront her with her own doubts and desire of being a mother. Flavia will have to resign herself to the fact that a life project has ended, and learn to find a new one.

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Directed by: Mercedes Laborde
Genres: Drama
Starring: Lorena Vega, Malena Moiron, Julieta Vallina

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 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
family
parenthood
identity
healing
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Humour	1
Realism	9
Romance	2
Tension	3
Darkness	5
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	8

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