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Mute

2018 ยท 9 min

A short, quiet, sad slice of life about a fragile family under pressure, told with restraint and a touch of childlike imagination.

Overview
The little boy receives the last instruction from his mother: now he will have to take care of a deaf father who has problems with alcohol, because in fact, dad is a samurai who has made a vow of silence and needs a mentor ... When a representative of guardianship authorities comes to them, little a family of two is on the verge of separation.

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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • family
    • parenthood
    • addiction
    • isolation
    • survival
    Places
    • home
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror1
    Humour2
    Realism7
    Romance0
    Tension5
    Darkness6
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight7

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Nikita Vlasov
    Written by
    Nikita Vlasov
    Starring
    Aleksandr Ilyin Jr, Alexandr Topuriya, Ioann Staroverov, Evgeniya Vays
    Cinematography
    Nikita Chvanov
    Runtime
    9 min
    Country
    Russia
    Languages
    Russian

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