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El secreto de Julia

2019 · 106 min

A heavy, quiet return to a painful past, watching memory and place slowly tighten their grip.

Overview
After many years, Julia returns to her childhood home, where as a child she was sexually abused by her recently deceased father. But inhabiting that place again will force her to face her ghosts and darkest memories.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • trauma
  • memory
  • grief
  • isolation
  • family
Places
  • single country house
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror2
Humour0
Realism8
Romance0
Tension6
Darkness9
Complexity6
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Ernesto Aguilar
Written by
Ernesto Aguilar
Starring
Natalia D'Alena, Daryna Butryk, Santiago Schefer, Luciana Grasso
Runtime
106 min
Country
Argentina
Languages
Spanish

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