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Ismael

2018 · 14 min

A quiet, unsettling plunge into one man's fractured sense of self, heavy with silence and unease.

Genres
Drama
Overview
After mutilating his face in a machine accident, Ismael, a lonely factory worker, struggles with his identity, his dreams, and his memories.
How it feels
Bleak, melancholic and tense. Slow-burning and demanding.
About
Identity, isolation, grief, trauma
Content
Mild violence, gore and language. No sexual content.
Note
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
Places
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror3
Humour1
Realism7
Romance0
Tension5
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Axel Cuevas de Chaunac
Written by
Axel Cuevas de Chaunac
Starring
Stephen Zinnato, Charles Keirnes, Spencer Keirnes, Eva Keirnes
Music
Víctor Martínez de La Grange
Cinematography
Alfonso Herrera Salcedo
Runtime
14 min
Country
Mexico, United States of America
Languages
English

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