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Acid

2018 · 98 min

A raw, corrosive plunge into restless youth, where loud nights and hollow connections leave a lingering ache of loneliness.

Directed by: Aleksandr Gorchilin
Genres: Drama
Starring: Philipp Avdeev, Aleksandr Kuznetsov, Arina Shevtsova

Overview: They have been abandoned in a world adorned with concepts such as family, friendship, love, and opportunities. In search of answers to their questions, they devour themselves like a chemical substance that corrodes the world around, in order to eventually learn not to listen but to hear, not to look but to see. And to find their way.

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Directed by: Aleksandr Gorchilin
Genres: Drama
Starring: Philipp Avdeev, Aleksandr Kuznetsov, Arina Shevtsova

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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
identity
friendship
loneliness
coming-of-age
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence mild
Sex strong

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Action	2
Horror	2
Humour	3
Realism	8
Romance	3
Tension	6
Darkness	8
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Aleksandr Gorchilin
Written by: Valery Pecheykin
Starring: Philipp Avdeev, Aleksandr Kuznetsov, Arina Shevtsova, Savva Savelyev, Aleksandra Rebenok, Roza Khairullina, Dmitriy Kulichkov, Elena Morozova
Cinematography: Ksenia Sereda
Runtime: 98 min
Country: Russia
Languages: Russian, Spanish

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