Short film

Exchange

2017 · 17 min

A quiet, heavy short that sits with a woman's constrained choice, feeling sombre and socially grounded rather than melodramatic.

Directed by: Abolfazl Azizi
Genres: Drama

Overview: A woman is forced to marry her husband's brother in order to take care of her child.

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Directed by: Abolfazl Azizi
Genres: Drama

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Tone: bleakstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 2 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
gender
power
survival
grief
Places: small town
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

All scales, 0 to 10

Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	1
Horror	1
Humour	0
Realism	8
Romance	1
Tension	5
Darkness	7
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	8

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