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Solo

2019 · 85 min

A quiet, intimate portrait of a fragile artist finding footing through music, tender and patient rather than dramatic.

Directed by
Artemio Benki
Genres
Documentary, Music
Starring
Martín Perino
Tagline
Fragile, yet not broken
Overview
Martín is a young Argentinean piano virtuoso and composer. For four years, he has been a patient of El Borda psychiatric hospital. Music filled up his life. Now he is trying to return to life outside the asylum walls, while working on his new opus, "Enfermaria".

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Directed by
Artemio Benki
Genres
Documentary, Music
Starring
Martín Perino
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 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
  • madness
  • music
  • healing
  • identity
  • isolation
Places
  • hospital
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour2
Realism9
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
documentary, music
Directed by
Artemio Benki
Written by
Artemio Benki
Starring
Martín Perino
Cinematography
Diego Mendizábal
Runtime
85 min
Country
Argentina, Austria, Czech Republic, France
Languages
Spanish

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