Short film

Cry Rosa

2017 · 20 min

A tender, uneasy coming-of-age short that sits with a girl's loneliness and self-doubt, brightened by her love of music.

Overview: A music obsessed mixed-race girl questions her identity when she becomes the victim of bullying in 1980s Belfast.
How it feels: Melancholic, tense, earnest and warm. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Identity, race, coming-of-age, isolation
Content: Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
race
coming-of-age
isolation
music
Places: big city
school
Era: period
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none