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El suicidio

2017 · 97 min

A bleak yet wry character study that finds grim humor in despair, anchored by a bitter protagonist's repetitive failures and a contrasting upbeat colleague.

Overview
Francisco Fonseca is a bitter and negative employee of a parastatal insurance company, who is so fed up with his life that he tries unsuccessfully to take his life several times, a situation that only frustrates him more; in parallel his cubicle partner Víctor Hernández, who lives an ideal life, encourages him and tries to help him get out of his depression and chronic bitterness.

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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • death
  • isolation
  • friendship
  • work
  • identity
Places
  • workplace
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour3
Realism8
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness7
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Pedro Pablo de Antuñano Padilla
Written by
Pedro Pablo de Antuñano Padilla, Luis Trejo Moreno, Jose Luis Trejo
Starring
Iván Tula, Mirko Ruggiero, Lissi Redondo, Gabriela Steck, Matías Peralta, Marina Santos, Dai Lipatori, Nadia Castagnetti
Cinematography
Jorge Ramírez Rivera
Runtime
97 min
Country
Mexico
Languages
Spanish

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