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Wasted Sacrifice

2014 · 89 min

A quiet, crushing spiral where one panic-stricken choice poisons everything, leaving you tense and hollowed out.

Directed by: Vladimir Yanoshchuk
Genres: Drama
Starring: Alina Sergeeva, Semyon Shkalikov, Aleksandr Davydov

Overview: It happens that any small thing can turn a life one hundred and eighty degrees. That's the life of Nina flowed habitually and comfortably: a loved one, a beautiful house and ahead - a cloudless future ... ... The quarrel broke out instantly - it cost Nina only to say taht she desires to get a baby. Furious Gleb, whose plans did not include diapers and sleepless nights, flies out of the house, but soon he returns completely lost and frightened - he just hit a man and fled the crime scene. That night their new life began ...

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Directed by: Vladimir Yanoshchuk
Genres: Drama
Starring: Alina Sergeeva, Semyon Shkalikov, Aleksandr Davydov

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: guilt
betrayal
morality
trauma
family
Places: home
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	2
Humour	1
Realism	8
Romance	3
Tension	6
Darkness	7
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Vladimir Yanoshchuk
Starring: Alina Sergeeva, Semyon Shkalikov, Aleksandr Davydov, Konstantin Gatsalov, Yuliya Yanovskaya, Elena Golyanova, Анна Матюшенская, Sergei Nasibov
Runtime: 89 min
Country: Russia
Languages: Russian

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