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The Dead Girls

2019 · 25 min

A quiet, haunting wait in a harsh landscape, heavy with dread and fragile hope.

Directed by: Diana Aguilar Cabello
Genres: Drama
Starring: Paola Lara, Luci Vargas, Ximena Martínez

Overview: Two teenage girls forced to serve a violent drug cartel await the first snowfall at the desert surrounding a mountain called La Siberia.

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Directed by: Diana Aguilar Cabello
Genres: Drama
Starring: Paola Lara, Luci Vargas, Ximena Martínez

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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 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: survival
isolation
violence
friendship
power
Places: wilderness
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	3
Humour	0
Realism	8
Romance	1
Tension	7
Darkness	8
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Diana Aguilar Cabello
Written by: Diana Aguilar Cabello
Starring: Paola Lara, Luci Vargas, Ximena Martínez, Erick Selim, Sinaí Segovia, Adrián Aguirre, Luz de León, Paola Medina
Runtime: 25 min
Country: Mexico
Languages: Spanish

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