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Seven Years in May

2019 · 42 min

A quiet, heavy confession by a fire, where one man's flight becomes a nation's wound, demanding patient attention.

Directed by
Affonso Uchôa
Genres
Documentary, Drama
Overview
One night seven years ago, Rafael came home after work and discovered that people he did not know had come looking for him. He immediately fled, without looking back. From that moment on, his life changed, as if that night had never ended. One evening, around an improvised fire near a factory, he decides to confide his journey to a stranger. Rafael’s intimate account meets the collective testimony of an entire nation oppressed by poverty, police repression and institutional corruption.

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Directed by
Affonso Uchôa
Genres
Documentary, Drama
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How it feels

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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • survival
  • justice
  • corruption
  • trauma
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror2
Humour1
Realism9
Romance0
Tension6
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight9

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