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Caramel

2020 · 14 min

A quiet, uncomfortable reckoning that asks you to sit with a family's buried shame and a boy's dawning disillusionment.

Directed by: Shange Zhang
Genres: Drama, Comedy
Starring: Sage Ryan, Christian Weissmann, Andrea Taylor

Overview: A teenager comes to terms with his place in the world when he learns of his mother’s immoral past the day before his grandfather’s funeral.

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Directed by: Shange Zhang
Genres: Drama, Comedy
Starring: Sage Ryan, Christian Weissmann, Andrea Taylor

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
darkstrength 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: family
identity
betrayal
grief
morality
Places: home
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	3
Realism	8
Romance	1
Tension	4
Darkness	5
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama, comedy
Directed by: Shange Zhang
Written by: Sam Hobson
Starring: Sage Ryan, Christian Weissmann, Andrea Taylor, Brendan Shannon, Vance Beamer Washington, Darrel Guilbeau
Cinematography: Hark Xu
Runtime: 14 min
Languages: English

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