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Control Plan

2018 · 15 min

A wry, restless short that blends lo-fi sci-fi with political unease, feeling playful yet quietly anxious about escape.

Directed by
Juliana Antunes
Genres
Science fiction, Comedy
Starring
Marcella Santos, Uirá dos Reis
Overview
Set shortly after former President Dilma Rousseff’s impeachment, Control Plan follows a young Brazilian woman who uses her cell phone’s teleportation service to flee the country.

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Directed by
Juliana Antunes
Genres
Science fiction, Comedy
Starring
Marcella Santos, Uirá dos Reis
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How it feels

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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • politics
  • freedom
  • identity
  • technology
  • isolation
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour4
Realism5
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Genres
science fiction, comedy
Directed by
Juliana Antunes
Written by
Juliana Antunes
Starring
Marcella Santos, Uirá dos Reis
Cinematography
Alice Andrade Drummond
Runtime
15 min
Country
Brazil
Languages
Portuguese

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