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The Watermelon

2006 · 11 min

A small, bittersweet slice of family life that turns a disappointing fruit into quiet domestic chaos, funny and sad at once.

Genres
Comedy, Drama
Overview
Christmas 1978, Sweden. A Chilean father spends his family's last money on a watermelon. But the excitement is brief when the melon doesn't live up to the expectations. The family peace is now ruined, turning their world literally upside-down in this absurd and tragicomic story.
How it feels
Absurd, melancholic, warm and tense. Measured and needs your attention.
About
Family, class, isolation, betrayal
Content
Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
Note
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
Places
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour5
Realism7
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

Cast

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
Gorki Glaser-Müller
Written by
Gorki Glaser-Müller
Starring
Claudio Salgado, Pamela Cortes Bruna, Yoselainne Guajardo, Matias Bravo, Filippa Glaser-Bernhardson
Runtime
11 min
Country
Sweden
Languages
Swedish

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