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The Tree

2018 · 22 min

A gentle, dreamlike childhood friendship slowly shadowed by the menace of village envy and coming violence.

Directed by: Hava Mukhieva
Genres: Drama
Starring: Salihat Muhieva, Said-Ahmed Muhiev, Mila Fakhurdinova

Overview: North Causacus, 1994. Hava and Adam live next door and are friends like their parents. The children write letters to each other and pass them hiding them in a tree hollow. They love the tree and confide their secrets to it. They are dreamers living in their fantasy. Aslan, Adam's farther, runs business in town and comes back to the village one day. Sultan, Hava's farther, like many other of their neighbors, is happy for his success and celebrates his coming home. Unfortunately not all of the villagers share these feelings…

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Directed by: Hava Mukhieva
Genres: Drama
Starring: Salihat Muhieva, Said-Ahmed Muhiev, Mila Fakhurdinova

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
darkstrength 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: friendship
isolation
betrayal
family
survival
Places: countryside
small town
Era: period
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	1
Horror	1
Humour	1
Realism	7
Romance	2
Tension	5
Darkness	6
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Hava Mukhieva
Written by: Hava Mukhieva
Starring: Salihat Muhieva, Said-Ahmed Muhiev, Mila Fakhurdinova, Mukhazhir Dolakov, Iman Esimbaeva, Adam Israpilov, Leyla Sultygova, Ami Amer
Cinematography: Natalya Makarova
Runtime: 22 min
Country: Russia
Languages: Chechen

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