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Oxygen

2010 · 30 min

A spare, quietly harrowing re-enactment that makes a desperate border crossing feel close and claustrophobic.

Directed by
Adina Pintilie
Genres
History
Overview
Oxygen is a free re-enactment of a real case: a man who tried to cross the Danube illegally using an oxygen cylinder, to escape the communist Romania.
How it feels
Bleak, tense, melancholic and earnest. Slow-burning and demanding.
About
Freedom, survival, isolation, politics
Content
Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
Note
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How it feels

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Full breakdown
Tone
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
Places
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour1
Realism8
Romance0
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Genres
history
Directed by
Adina Pintilie
Written by
Adina Pintilie
Starring
Gabriel Spahiu, Rudy Rosenfeld
Cinematography
Marius Iacob
Runtime
30 min
Country
Romania
Languages
Romanian

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