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Gray neighborhood

1954 · 115 min

A slow, sombre plunge into a hardscrabble life, watching a young man drift from his family into ruin.

Overview
Told in flashback, Federico lives in a poor neighbourhood with his siblings and his single mother, working helping in a local bar, he meets Claudio, who begins to lead him on an easy life making him abandon all his connections in consequence.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 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
  • politics
  • betrayal
  • isolation
  • family
  • morality
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour1
Realism8
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Mario Soffici
Written by
Joaquín Gómez Bas, Mario Soffici
Starring
Carlos Rivas, Alberto de Mendoza, Jorge Morales, Mirtha Torres, Elida Gay Palmer, Fernanda Mistral, Ana Arneodo, Fernando Siro
Runtime
115 min
Country
Argentina
Languages
Spanish

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