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Hagereseb

2015 · 38 min

A quiet, tender slice of childhood that slowly tightens around a farewell you feel coming.

Directed by
Zia Mohajerjasbi
Genres
Drama
Overview
It's 1997 in Seattle's Yesler Terrace, and 10-year-old Abai is on a quest to find fresh batteries for his Casio keyboard for one last music lesson with his older brother Sam before seeing him sent back to their native Eritrea, indefinitely.
How it feels
Melancholic, warm, earnest and tense. Measured and needs your attention.
About
Family, coming-of-age, isolation, grief
Content
Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
Note
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Directed by
Zia Mohajerjasbi
Genres
Drama
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 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
Places
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour3
Realism8
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

Cast

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Zia Mohajerjasbi
Starring
Joseph Smith, Natnael Mebrahtu
Runtime
38 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English, Tigrinya

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