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Umbilical Cord

2016 · 27 min

A quiet, watchful chamber piece that sits with an awkward man and his mother, letting small domestic shifts slowly unsettle you.

Overview
Todor is in his early thirties and lives with his mother, reliant on her cooking, ironing, washing, and company. The comfort of this co-dependent lifestyle is suddenly altered one night when Todor arrives home late after an office party.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • isolation
  • identity
  • parenthood
  • loneliness
Places
  • home
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
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
Humour2
Realism8
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Eliza Petkova
Written by
Eliza Petkova
Starring
Márton Nagy, Sabine Winterfeldt, Ulrike Beerbaum, Johannes Mölders, Frank Kallinowski, Andrej Lakisov, Joscha Eickel
Runtime
27 min
Country
Germany
Languages
German

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