Short film

The Nettle

2017 · 22 min

A quiet, intimate short that watches a young person tentatively try on a new self, tender and uncertain.

Directed by: Piaoyu Xie
Genres: Drama
Starring: Josefína Dušková, Vojtěch Hrabák, Josef Pejchal

Overview: Nikola is about to join his girlfriend at her father’s house for a summer holiday, but after wearing makeup for the very first time, he begins a startling and life-changing process of self-discovery.

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Directed by: Piaoyu Xie
Genres: Drama
Starring: Josefína Dušková, Vojtěch Hrabák, Josef Pejchal

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Tone: earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 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: identity
coming-of-age
sexuality
family
love
Places: countryside
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	1
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	4
Tension	4
Darkness	3
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Piaoyu Xie
Written by: Piaoyu Xie, Alice Krajčírová
Starring: Josefína Dušková, Vojtěch Hrabák, Josef Pejchal, Ondřej Kavan, Martin Pospíšil, Jiří Volák, Mikuláš Bartoň, Tatiana Gábelová
Cinematography: Marcel Beneš
Runtime: 22 min
Country: Czech Republic, China
Languages: Czech

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