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Invisible Cages

2018 · 23 min

A quiet, uneasy fable that creeps under your skin, blending domestic repression with a strange, haunting fantasy.

Directed by
Gilberto D. Vázquez
Overview
Invisible Cages explores the dark drama genre with fantasy through Calidris a young woman raised in a conservative environment that finds a woman inside a bird cage in her father's study.

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Directed by
Gilberto D. Vázquez
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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 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
  • isolation
  • identity
  • family
  • freedom
  • power
Places
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror3
Humour1
Realism5
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Directed by
Gilberto D. Vázquez
Runtime
23 min

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