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January 27

2016 · 84 min

A somber, clear-eyed reckoning with a night of loss, heavy with grief and quiet outrage, urging remembrance and change.

Directed by: Luiz Alberto Cassol, Paulo Nascimento

Overview: January 27, 2013. First hours of th day. As a concert goes on, a fire starts inside the Kiss Club in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul. 242 young people lost their lives there and the documentary looks at the tragedy, aiming to alert society and prevent cases like this from returning to happen.

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Directed by: Luiz Alberto Cassol, Paulo Nascimento

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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 3 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: grief
death
trauma
justice
survival
Places: small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Horror	3
Humour	0
Realism	10
Romance	0
Tension	5
Darkness	8
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	9

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