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Long Sleepless Nights

2000 · 50 min

A slow, aching drift through lonely city nights, heavy with unspoken longing and quiet desperation.

Directed by: Julián Hernández
Genres: Drama
Starring: Juan Carlos Torres, Mario Oliver, Roberto Cobo

Overview: Bruno, a young prostitute on the streets of Mexico city, spends his free time yearning for his straight friend Umberto. When Umberto rejects him, Bruno reacts with his own violent and misguided actions...

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Directed by: Julián Hernández
Genres: Drama
Starring: Juan Carlos Torres, Mario Oliver, Roberto Cobo

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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
obsession
loneliness
identity
class
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex strong

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Action	2
Horror	1
Humour	1
Realism	8
Romance	4
Tension	5
Darkness	7
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Julián Hernández
Written by: Julián Hernández, Roberto Fiesco
Starring: Juan Carlos Torres, Mario Oliver, Roberto Cobo, Clarisa Rendón, Miguel Loaiza
Runtime: 50 min
Country: Mexico
Languages: Spanish

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