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The Lecture

2013 · 30 min

A short, uneasy descent into one man's spiraling suspicion, blurring what is real with what he fears.

Directed by
Bruno de Almeida
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Marcello Urgeghe, John Frey, Diogo Varela Silva
Overview
An American writer visits the old Portuguese town of Guimarães for a lecture on the work of Edgar Allan Poe. What would seem like a nice little trip goes terrible wrong when his own paranoia takes over the events that follow... or maybe not.

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Directed by
Bruno de Almeida
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Marcello Urgeghe, John Frey, Diogo Varela Silva
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • madness
  • obsession
  • identity
  • isolation
  • deception
Places
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • unreliable narrator
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror3
Humour4
Realism7
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
Bruno de Almeida
Written by
Bruno de Almeida
Starring
Marcello Urgeghe, John Frey, Diogo Varela Silva, Ana Padrão
Runtime
30 min
Country
Portugal
Languages
English, Portuguese

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