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Snare

2019 · 14 min

A small, tender slice of family friction and punk noise, quietly funny and quietly sad in equal measure.

Directed by
Madeleine Gottlieb
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Music
Starring
Steve Rodgers, James Fraser, Edric Hong
Overview
It's 1997. Distorted guitars rule the world. In an aging Chinese restaurant, a father and his punk-rock son struggle with their familial roles as they realize they each desperately need something from the other.

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Directed by
Madeleine Gottlieb
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Music
Starring
Steve Rodgers, James Fraser, Edric Hong
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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • parenthood
  • identity
  • music
  • coming-of-age
Places
  • workplace
  • small town
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour4
Realism8
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama, music
Directed by
Madeleine Gottlieb
Written by
Madeleine Gottlieb, James Fraser
Starring
Steve Rodgers, James Fraser, Edric Hong, Bek Lin, Nadia Zwecker, Matt Lausch
Cinematography
Grégoire Lière
Runtime
14 min
Country
Australia
Languages
English

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