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Houseplants

2017 · 9 min

A quiet, intimate short that blends tender domesticity with a faint supernatural unease, leaving a lingering sense of emotional weight.

Directed by: Prashanth Kamalakanthan
Genres: Drama
Starring: David Rysdahl, Zazie Beetz, Sophie Traub

Overview: As a couple moves in together, full of hope and worry, their day is unexpectedly interrupted by the ghosts of former relationships.

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Directed by: Prashanth Kamalakanthan
Genres: Drama
Starring: David Rysdahl, Zazie Beetz, Sophie Traub

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: love
memory
isolation
identity
family
Places: home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	1
Horror	2
Humour	2
Realism	6
Romance	5
Tension	4
Darkness	4
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Prashanth Kamalakanthan
Written by: Prashanth Kamalakanthan
Starring: David Rysdahl, Zazie Beetz, Sophie Traub, Lio Mehiel, Todd Laventure, Lisa Laventure
Runtime: 9 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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