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Dying Embers

2018 · 74 min

A bleak, unrelenting plunge into a teenager's despair that tightens into a raw fight for survival.

Overview: Lea, a disturbed teenager, copes with depression and bullying as best as she can. Constantly butting heads with her single, struggling mother, she is driven into a bad group of so called friends. When she witness a murder, she finds herself cornered and fiercly fighting for her own life that she had tried to take so many times.
How it feels: Dark, bleak, tense and melancholic. Measured and demanding.
About: Isolation, survival, trauma, family
Content: Strong violence and language. Mild gore and sexual content.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
survival
trauma
family
violence
Places: small town
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Genres: crime, drama, thriller
Directed by: Emir Skalonja
Written by: Emir Skalonja
Starring: Michelina Houlihan, Lori Dolan Meyer, Jesse Huntz, Will Nemi, Cassie Klahn, Robert A. Coldicott, Jimi Voelker, Krystal Shenk
Runtime: 74 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English