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Doutores Palhaços

2017 · 79 min

A gentle, hopeful look at people who bring laughter into hard places, leaving you moved and quietly uplifted.

Directed by
Helder Faria, Bernardo Lopes
Genres
Documentary
Overview
Where the suffering prevails, the medical specialists in smiles, enliven the hope and relieve pain for patients, family members and hospital staff. The documentary follows these professionals in the art of smiling in an internal search: bring happiness for who else needs.

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Directed by
Helder Faria, Bernardo Lopes
Genres
Documentary
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • healing
  • grief
  • friendship
  • work
  • family
Places
  • hospital
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour5
Realism9
Romance1
Tension2
Darkness4
Complexity2
Emotional weight7

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Genres
documentary
Directed by
Helder Faria, Bernardo Lopes
Runtime
79 min
Country
Portugal
Languages
Portuguese

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